Sidesprings Mine

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055154
MRDS ID RE00181
Record type Site
Current site name Sidesprings Mine
Alternate or previous names Side Springs Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.37499, 39.18134 (WGS84)
Elevation 2463
Relative position 17,000 FEET N35E FROM NOTCH PEAK

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

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 01 NW OF SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Metasomatism, Contact Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLES CONTAINED BETWEEN 0.07 AND 5.80% WO3 AND AVERAGED 1.6% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Prophyritic Granite (Notch Peak Intrusion);
    Rock description Prophyritic Granite (Notch Peak Intrusion);
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone Of Big Horse Canyon Member Of The Orr Formation;
    Rock description Limestone Of Big Horse Canyon Member Of The Orr Formation;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.37499, 39.18134

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Thrust Belt, Basin-Range Faults Bounding The House Range

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between The Notch Peak Intrusion And Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Notch Peak

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Treasure Mountain Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SINGLE GLORY HOLE

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT EXPLORED BY FIVE WAGON DRILL HOLES DRILLED 50 FEET FROM THE CONTACT AND SPACED 50 FEET APART. CHANNEL AND CHIP AMAPLES TAKEN AT 20-FOOT STATIONS ALONG THE EXPOSED CONTACT IN THE GLORY HOLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIMINARY GEOLGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-636.

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR, 8014, 44P.

  • Deposit

    GRAY, R.S., 1956, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PROPERTY OF THE TREASURE MOUNTAIN MINING CO., HOUSE RANGE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBLISED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, D.M., 1976, GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY OF THE NOTCH PEAK TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: SALT LAKE CITY, UT, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, M.S. THESIS, 74P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE ESTIMATE BY GRAY, 1956. THIS DEPOSIT CONSIDERED BY GRAY TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING IN THE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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