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Baldy Peak Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102136
MRDS ID DC14903
Record type Site
Current site name Baldy Peak Mine
Alternate or previous names Treasure Mountain Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.40971, 39.18745 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position NEAR THE TOP OF 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ORE 0.80 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.40971, 39.18745
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Limestone Beds Dip 20 - 25 Sw

Ore body information

  • General form FINE GRAINS
    Length 114.3M
    Width 54.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONE PENDANT IS SURROUNDING BY THE QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sawtooth Mountain

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: POSSIBLY 4000 TONS (BALD PEAK MINE)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, ONE BEING 65 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH ENG. EXPT. STA. BULL. 101, 1959, P. 74.

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014 , P. 33

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-19-1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN A TACTITE ZONE IN THE LIMESTONE AT THE QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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