Metals Coalition Mining Co. Mine

Past Producer in Utah 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  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 10042092
MRDS ID M058346
Record type Site
Current site name Metals Coalition Mining Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.673, 40.50133 (WGS84)
Elevation 2335
Relative position 7,450 FT S 01 W OF SILVER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Lone Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 002E 01 SE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOLYBDENITE ALTERED TO MOLYBDATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOUTHEAST ADIT DUMP SAMPLE: TRACE OF CU
Result SOUTHWEST ADIT CHIP SAMPLE: TRACE OF CU
Result NORTH ADIT CHIP SAMPLE: .41% WO3
Result NORTH ADIT ORE PILE: .34% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Doughnut
    Rock description Doughnut

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.673, 40.50133

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact With Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Silver Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Metals Coalition Mining Co. And S.D. Pack
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. D. Wadley
    Home office Pleasant Grove, Ut.

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41 Tons Of .32% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 342.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE MAIN ADIT 1000 FT., NOW COLLAPSED, SW ADIT IS 123 FT. LONG, NORTH ADIT IS CAVED, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, PRODUCTION CAME FROM NORTH WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491, P. 80-83.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1957, TUNGSTEN RESERVES DISCOVERED IN THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 24, P. 45-54.

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM IC-8014, P. 23.

  • Production

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1957, P. 53.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE ORE BODY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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