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Pine Grove Molybdenum Deposit

Prospect in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178769
MAS/MILS ID 0490010113
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Grove Molybdenum Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.61892, 38.34186 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamerdorf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028 S 016 W 26 SWSW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Prospect Mountain Quartzite
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS FOUND IN A HIGHLY ALTERED QUARTZ LATITE WHICH OUTCROPS AS A SMALL STOCK. DEEPEST HOLES DRILLED THUS FAR HAVE FOUND AN INCREASE IN ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION WITH DEPTH INDICATING THAT THE HIGHER GRADE CORE OF THE DEPOSIT HAS NOT YET BEEN DISCOVERED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Comments on exploration

  • THE FIRST 4 HOLES INTERSECTED LENGTHS OF MINERALIZATION AT DEPTHS BETWEEN 915 AND 1525 METERS. AT CUT OFF GRADE OF 0.20% MOS2, INTERSECTIONS VARIED FROM A MAXIMUM OF 290 M TO A MINIMUM OF 60 M

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phelps Dodge
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1979

Comments on the ownership information

  • PHELPS DODGE IS DISCOVERER OF PINE GROVE DEPOSIT, AND HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH GETTY OIL CO. TO EVALUATE, AND IF WARRANTED, DEVELOP THE SUOTHERN UTAH DEPOSIT.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Measured 50000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 50000000mt ore
    Total resources 50000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.29 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Measured 50000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 50000000mt ore
    Total resources 50000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.3799 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    PINE GROVE ASSOCIATES DRILL DEEP MOLY. MINING ENGINEERING,

  • Reserve-Resource

    MAY, 1979, PP. 491-2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Phelps Dodge — acquired by Subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan (2007)
    Acquired by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold in 2007 in what was then the largest mining-industry deal ever (~US$26 B).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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