Utah · Box Elder County
Occurrence

North Desolate Point

Box Elder County, Utah, United States
Tungsten
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Commodities
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlLimestone-Qtz. Monzonite Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSilt,Limestone · Pogonip Formation Or Kanosh Shale
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Crater Island Stock
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
AlterationMarbleization, Bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10087174
MRDS IDD005382
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.05742, -113.74113
References
BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER III.SCHAEFFER, F.E., AND ANDERSON, W.L., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAINS BOX ELDER AND TOOELE COUNTIES AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UTAH GEOLOGICAL BULL. 15.DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.THIS REVIEW.