Utah · Millard County
Past Producer

Scheelite Queen Mine

Millard County, Utah, United States
TungstenMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Scheelite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Big Horse Member Of The Orr Formation (Host);Weeks Limestone
Associated rockMonzonite · Painter Spring Intrusive
StructureBasin & Range, East Limb Of Se Dipping Fault Block That Has Been Domed By Jurassic Intrusion
Tectonic settingCordilleran Geosyncline
AlterationTactite, Scarn
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1941
Identification
Deposit ID10011246
MRDS IDD005790
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.19662, -113.3961
References
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATIONHINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUAD, MILLARD CO, UTAH: USGS MF 636EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIRC. #80141876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V. 31908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS. COL. V 531951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIRC. 8014