| Deposit ID | 10055154 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00181 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sidesprings Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Side Springs Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.37499, 39.18134 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2463 |
| Relative position | 17,000 FEET N35E FROM NOTCH PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Millard |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 019S | 014W | 01 | NW OF SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Result | CHANNEL SAMPLES CONTAINED BETWEEN 0.07 AND 5.80% WO3 AND AVERAGED 1.6% WO3 |
|---|
| 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); | ||||
| |||||
| 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; |
| (1) | -113.37499, 39.18134 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust Belt, Basin-Range Faults Bounding The House Range |
| Thickness | 3.66M |
|---|---|
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Notch Peak |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Treasure Mountain Mining Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00181 |
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.
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR, 8014, 44P.
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.
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.
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1987 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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