| Deposit ID | 10046166 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M234156 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | E.H.B. Lode Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | E.H.B. Lode, Probable, No. 1 Special Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.85418, 40.19493 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1865 |
| Relative position | APPROX. 400 FT. N50E OF USLM (NO. 10) |
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 | NE OF NE OF NE | Utah |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Grossularite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Result | PRODUCTION OF 2,374 TONS AVERAGING 1.3 PERCENT WO3 (TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE). |
|---|
| 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 | Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| Rock description | Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| (1) | Notch Peak, Orr, Lamb, Weeks, and Wah Wah Summit Formations |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Pool Canyon Fault; Many Of The Ore Bodies Are Along Northwest - Striking Fractures Or Intrusive Contacts. |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 12.19M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Star Dust Mines, Inc. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M234156 |
SRC.REF: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, P. 24
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 177
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24-25, 27
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
1961 GEOLMAP USBM: INF. CIRC. 8014, FIGURE 9
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS BOTH IN GARNET-RICH AND POOR CONTACT METASOMATIC ZONES; THE GARNET-RICH TACTITES SEEM TO CARRY THE LARGER (BUT LOWER GRADE) ORE BODIES, THAT IS, ORE THAT IS HIGHER IN MOLYBDENUM (FROM THE MINERAL POWELLITE). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1973 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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