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Desert Queen Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129929
MRDS ID M057541
MAS/MILS ID 0490450016
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Queen Prospect
Related records 10300809

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.30943, 40.13324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1394

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008 S 013 W 15 SWNW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Metamorphic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 62W
    Length 33M
    Width 0M
    Area 65HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N35E:62W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 65
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Army Dugway Proving Grounds
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 75 ORE IS A MINOR OCCURRENCE 75 CLAIM IS ON A MILITARY RESERVATION 75 ORE BODY IS WITHIN A PEGMATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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