Klondike

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Molybdenum
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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101514
MRDS ID D004371
Record type Site
Current site name Klondike
Alternate or previous names New Klondike
Related records 10251876

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.37276, 39.16412 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Relative position AT THE MOUTH OF CONTACT CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 014W 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS 1/4 1/4 1/4 NOT SURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Tactite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Painter Springs Intrusive
    Rock description Painter Springs Intrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Big Horse Ls Member Of Orr Formation
    Rock description Big Horse Ls Mbr. Of Orr Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.37276, 39.16412

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Roof Pendant Of Ls Domed By Intrusion

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike N30E
    Dip 17SE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 7.62M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Controled By Fracture Systems Along The Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • MIN. IS ALONG SKARN ZONES THAT BORDER CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Discoverer Molybdenum Corp Of Amer.
Year of first production 1946

Mining district

District name House Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred L. Lindbeck
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.57% -1.21% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 146.3M
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 CLAIMS (UNPATENT): TRAP, BONANZA, STAR, LINDBECK, POVERTY, HELL'S, JARVIS, CARLSON, CONTACT & BONANZA

Comments on development

  • DIAMOND DRILLING OF 33 HOLES IN 1953 BY MIDSTATE DEV. CO, H.L. BEARD OF MODESTO CALIF PRES, UNDER CONTRACT FROM DEFENSE MINERALS EXP. ADMIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE: USGS MF 636

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1973, GEOL. ROAD LOG OF WESTERN UTAH AND EASTERN NEVADA: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V.20 PT2

  • Deposit

    1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V3

  • Deposit

    1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COL V 53

  • Deposit

    1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6

  • Production

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961: TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIR. 8014

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS ARE UP TO DATE, THE NEW KLONDIKE MINING CO. HAS RECENTLY (OCT 1979) APPLIED FOR A PATENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references