Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSkarn Cu
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPOD/LENS
Ore controlWhere Limestones Have Been Invaded By Quartz Monzonite, Controled By Bedding & Contact.
Materials
Ore mineralsMalachite, Powellite, Scheelite
GangueDiopside, Magnetite, Muscovite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite · Toroweap Formation;Diorite Undiff;Undifferientiated Volcanics
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite · Quartz Monzonite Undifferientiated;Diorite Undiff;Granodiorite Porphyry
StructureBasin And Range, Cordillerain Thrust Belt, Rocky Range
Tectonic settingPaleozoic Miogeosyncline
AlterationThermal Metamorphism, Chlorite And Talc
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1912
Discovery year1899
Identification
Deposit ID10011265
MRDS IDD005831
Alternate namesMarguerite Mine #15, Jewel Mine, OK Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.46218, -113.10636
References
SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, V 1, APRIL 29, 1899, P 14, ALSO FEB 15, 1913, P 29.HOBBS, S W, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF BEAVER CO, UTAH, USGS BULL 945-DWHELAN, J A, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY RANGE: UGMS IN PRESS.MDA-Western States Engineering, 1998 OK Mine Profect Feasibility Study, Vol. 1 Nevada Star Resource Corp. private report, Dec. 1998EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY