| Deposit ID | 10088980 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00177 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ekker Tungsten Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.52663, 39.93855 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2027 |
| Relative position | IN COTTONWOOD (ALBERT EKKER) CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Erickson Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 10S | 6W | 21 | NE4 OF NE4 OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -112.52663, 39.93855 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | TABULAR, LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | E-W |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Length | 121.92M |
| General form | TABULAR, LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Columbia District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00177 |
COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63, P. 118
HANSEN, L.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP IN UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM FILE 182633, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY
MEEVES, H.C., NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 6828, P. 49-50
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS; REF. 5 GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1969, BERYLLIUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73; REF. 6 HARRIS, DEVERLE, 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE DUTCH PEAK AREA, SHEEPROCK RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBL. M.S. THESIS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV.; REF. 7 U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1961, SHEEPROCK BERYL: MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8.32, UNPUBL. OPEN-FILE REPT.
COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, P. 118
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PODS OF ORE ARE EXPOSED, AT INTERVALS, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 400 FT. |
| Deposit | THE GREISEN ZONES ARE REFERRED TO AS THE "BLUE DUMMY" VEINS BY LOCAL PROSPECTORS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1982 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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