Solomons Hollow Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087277
MRDS ID D005987
Record type Site
Current site name Solomons Hollow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77385, 38.36469 (WGS84)
Elevation 1960
Relative position 7 MILES NORTH OF ADAMSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adamsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 008W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Scarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite
    Rock description Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Moenkopi Formation (Host);Tailsman Qtzite
    Rock description Moenkopi Formation (Host);Tailsman Qtzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.77385, 38.36469

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form POD-LIKE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Scarn Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1944

Mining district

District name Granite District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Garry, Ambrose

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, UTAH, GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A L, 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH/WITH MINE MAP: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY REPRINT #56

  • Deposit

    1944 COMPILE HOBBS, S W USGS BULL 945-

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.