| Deposit ID | 10020069 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12285 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | B. Estelle Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bradley Craig Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.85307, 40.19049 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 6100 FT. S38E OF WOODMAN PEAK (7260 FT.) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007S | 018W | 26,27 | SE OF SE OF NE | Utah |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Gold Hill Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Gold Hill Stock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Oquirrh Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| Rock description | Oquirrh Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| (1) | Notch Peak, Orr, Lamb, Weeks, and Wah Wah Summit Formations |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1894 |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eugene Timm |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Elsie E. Lord |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 30.48M |
| Overall length | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12285 |
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 25-26
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 25
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS NEAR THE BASE OF THE LIMESTONE PENDANT. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION HAS RESULTED FROM SELECTIVE STRIPPING OF THE THIN BASAL LAYERS OF TACTITE (EVERETT, 1961, P. 25). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1994 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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