Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlLimestone-Qtz. Monzonite Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Ochre Mountain Limestone
Associated rockMonzonite · Gold Hill Stock
StructureBasin And Range, Pool Canyon Fault
Tectonic settingSevier Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10088440
MRDS IDDC12273
Alternate namesTimm Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.19549, -113.84974
References
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 216MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEYNOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 177U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1944, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.13U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1953, MINERALS YEARBOOKWILSON, S.R., 1958, GOLD HILL, UTAH, CLIFTON DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY: UNPUB. REPORT 80.1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B. PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 21942 RECON USBM, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.13WILSON, S.R., 1958, UNPUBLISHED REPORT; USBM, 1953, MINERALS YEARBOOK