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Tungsten Tunnel Prospect

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095606
MRDS ID M058282
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Tunnel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77385, 40.58661 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Relative position 5,050 FT N 15 E OF GRANITE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 001E 01 NW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BULK SAMPLE: 0.23% W, TRACE AU, TRACE AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77385, 40.58661
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUNNEL FOLLOWS A SHEAR ZONE ALONG AND NEAR THE STEEPLY-DIPPING NORTHWEST CONTACT OF AN AMPHIBOLITE BODY. THIS VEIN SYSTEM IS BELIEVED TO BE YOUNGER THAN THOSE OF THE NEARBY GOLD MINES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Willow Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 85.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LENGTH OF ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 280 FT.

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY PART OF JEFFERSON OR BLUE JAY OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 46, 48.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN VUGGY QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH LITTLE COTTONWOOD STOCK STOCKWORKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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