| Deposit ID | 10042325 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058916 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pine Grove Porphry Molybdenum Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.60638, 38.33607 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2225 |
| Relative position | 7,200 FEET N 26 E FROM BURNT STUMP SPRING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lamerdorf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 016W | 35 | SW OF NE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Galena | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Pine Grove Pluton;East End Pluton | ||||
| Rock description | Pine Grove Pluton;East End Pluton | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -113.60638, 38.33607 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Several East-West Striking Faults |
| General form | PIPE |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 400M |
| Depth to bottom | 5000M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1975 |
| Discoverer | Phelps Dodge Corporation |
| District name | Pine Grove District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pine Grove Associates |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058916 |
ANONYMOUS, 1978, PHELPS DODGE DISCOVERS DEEP MOS,: WORLD MINING, VOL. 31, NO. 7
ABBOTT, J.T., BEST, M.G., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1985, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE GROVE-BLAWN MOUNTAIN AREA, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-1479.
KEITH, J.D., 1982, MAGMATIC EVALUTION OF THE PINE GROVE PORPHRY MOLYBDENUM SYSTEM, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WISCONSIN
SMITH, M.R., 1982, MINERAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITY REVIEW, 1981-82; UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY CIRCULAR NO. 72.
TEFURI, WILLIAM, GETTY MINERALS CO., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: MID 1970'S |
| Deposit | VERY LITTLE DATA WAS RELEASED BY PINE GROVE ASSOCIATES ON THE DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF DISSEMIMATED MOLYBDENITE AND TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION WITHIN AN ALTERED RHYOLITE OR QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE DEPOSIT IS COMPLETELY BURIED, AND WAS DISCOVERED BY DRILLING |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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