Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlContact Between Granite And Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
GangueAndradite, Diopside, Epidote, Hornblende, Pyrite, Quartz, Vesuvianite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Weeks Limestone;
Associated rockGranite · Porphyritic Granite (Notch Peak Intrusion);
StructureSevier Thrust Belt, Basin-Range Faults Bounding The House Range, Possible Fault (Post-Mineral?)
Tectonic settingGranite Intruded In A Back-Arc Setting
AlterationMetasomatism, Contact Metamorphism
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10088981
MRDS IDRE00180
Alternate namesRainbow Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.19162, -113.37749
References
EVERETT, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8014, 44P.PETERSEN, D.M., 1976, GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY OF THE NOTCH PEAK TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, M.S. THESIS, 74P.HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE, MILLARD CONTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-636.GRAY, R.S., 1956, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE TREASURE MONTAIN MINING CO., HOUSE TANGE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBLISED REPORT.