Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlContact With Intrusive
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Scheelite
GangueGarnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Doughnut
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
StructureOn South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Tectonic settingUinta Arch
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10042092
MRDS IDM058346
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.50133, -111.673
References
BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491, P. 80-83.CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1957, TUNGSTEN RESERVES DISCOVERED IN THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 24, P. 45-54.EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM IC-8014, P. 23.CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1957, P. 53.