Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Molybdenum
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlContact Between Limestone And Aplite Dike
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Scheelite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Weeks Limestone;
Associated rockGranite · Porphyritic Granite;
StructureSevier Thrust Belt, Basin-Range Faults Forming The House Range, Granite Sill Injected Parallel To Bedding That Dips Gently To The Southwest. Vertical Aplite Dike.
Tectonic settingGranite Intruded During A Back-Arc Setting, Present Setting Is Basin And Range Extension
AlterationTactite Formed By Contact Metamorphism/Metasomatism
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10099348
MRDS IDRE00172
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.14495, -113.43943
References
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH, BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8014, P.9, 35HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRILIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE, MILLARD OCOUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-636.PETERSON, D.M., 1976, GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY OF THE NOTCH PEAK TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: SALT LAKE CITY, UT, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, M.S. THESIS, 74 P.GEHMAN, H.M., JR., 1958, NOTCH PEAK INTRUSIVE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH; GEOLOGY, PETROGENESIS, AND ECONOMIC DEPOSITS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 62, 50 P.PETERSON, 1976; EVERETT, 1961