Pines Peak

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105802
MRDS ID W017231
Record type Site
Current site name Pines Peak
Alternate or previous names Copper King 1-7, Eagle Point 1-3
Related records 10300475

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.40082, 39.19995 (WGS84)
Elevation 2710
Relative position ON PINE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Notch Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tule Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 014W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Painter Spring Intrusion
    Rock description Painter Spring Intrusion
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.40082, 39.19995

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Roof Pendant Of Jurassic Intrusive

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 18SE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 21.34M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs Along Contact Of Isolated Island Of Ls On Top Of Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IN A LS ROOF PENDANT OF PAINTER SPRING JURASSIC INTRUSION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Amalgamated Tungsten Inc
Year of first production 1952

Mining district

District name House Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Notch Peak Minerals
  • Type Owner
    Owner B. L. M.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 32.61M
    Overall width 14.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 5 SMALL OPEN PITS AND TWO OPEN STOPES. PIT IS 74X26X30 FT. SOUTH STOPE IS 53X28X25 FT. NORTH STOPE IS 54X20X25 FT

Comments on development

  • 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

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 NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE, MILLARD CO., UTAH: USGS MF 636

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1973, GEOLOGIC ROAD LOG OF WESTERN UTAH AND EASTERN NEVADA: BYU GEOL. STUDIES V.20 PT 2

  • Deposit

    1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V.3

  • Deposit

    1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN COLL V.53

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS ARE UP TO DATE BY NOTCH PEAK MINERALS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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