Scheelite Queen Mine

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011246
MRDS ID D005790
Record type Site
Current site name Scheelite Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.3961, 39.19662 (WGS84)
Elevation 2487
Relative position 19500 FT N BY E OF NOTCH PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Notch Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tule Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 014W 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NOT SURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Tactite, Scarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Painter Spring Intrusive
    Rock description Painter Spring Intrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Big Horse Member Of The Orr Formation (Host);Weeks Limestone
    Rock description Big Horse Member Of The Orr Formation (Host);Weeks Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.3961, 39.19662

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Limb Of Se Dipping Fault Block That Has Been Domed By Jurassic Intrusion

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip 17SE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 147.83M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name House Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Duke Page
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1944-Present
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Period 1941-1944
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER ADIT 200 FT LONG, LOWER ADIT 300 FT, 300 FT INCLINE SHAFT, 4,400 FT OF DOZER CUTS. MOST PRODUCTION FROM UPPER ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUAD, MILLARD CO, UTAH: USGS MF 636

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIRC. #8014

  • Deposit

    1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V. 3

  • Deposit

    1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS. COL. V 53

  • Deposit

    1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6

  • Production

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIRC. 8014

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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