Description
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPIPE
Ore controlPine Grove Pluton
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Fluorite, Galena, Kaolinite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Pine Grove Pluton;East End Pluton
StructurePioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt., Several East-West Striking Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range Extension
AlterationArgillic, Sevicitic Phyllie,
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1975
Identification
Deposit ID10042325
MRDS IDM058916
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.33607, -113.60638
References
ANONYMOUS, 1978, PHELPS DODGE DISCOVERS DEEP MOS,: WORLD MINING, VOL. 31, NO. 7ABBOTT, J.T., BEST, M.G., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1985, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE GROVE-BLAWN MOUNTAIN AREA, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-1479.KEITH, J.D., 1982, MAGMATIC EVALUTION OF THE PINE GROVE PORPHRY MOLYBDENUM SYSTEM, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WISCONSINSMITH, M.R., 1982, MINERAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITY REVIEW, 1981-82; UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY CIRCULAR NO. 72.TEFURI, WILLIAM, GETTY MINERALS CO., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS.