Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR VEIN
Ore controlOre Deposits Are Located In Veins & Carbonate Replacements Near Contact Zones Of Intrusive/Tactite
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueCalcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone,Dolomite · Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites
Associated rockMonzonite,Granite · Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
StructureBasin & Range, Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
AlterationContact Metamorphism & Assoc Minerals
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10020290
MRDS IDDC12937
Alternate namesDesert Tungsten Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.83634, -112.40636
References
STRINGHAM, B F, 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL, V 53, NO 2PERRY, L I & MCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SS #22LEMMON, D. M., 1964 , TUNGSTEN, MINERAL & WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH G & MS BULL 73 , P. 123HOBBS, S. W., 1945 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN W. TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT, 7 P.5) EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014 , P. 311920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 1111945 RECON HOBBS, S W, USGS OPEN FILE RPT1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC 8014HOBBS, S W, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945-D P 81-111