Bovine Mountain Tungsten

Occurrence in Box Elder 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088393
MRDS ID DB01972
Record type Site
Current site name Bovine Mountain Tungsten
Related records 10299848

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.66114, 41.5002 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 2 MILES EAST OF BOVINE MTN. PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emigrant Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009N 016W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Andradite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Marble Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Marbleization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Grouse Creek Pluton Or Emigrant Pass Intrusion
    Rock description Grouse Creek Pluton Or Emigrant Pass Intrusion
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pequop Formation
    Rock description Pequop Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.66114, 41.5002

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 60 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous - Sedimentary Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rosebud

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TEST LOTS MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CUTS AND INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, W. H., 1959 , GEOLOGIC SETTING AND ORGIN OF THE GROUSE CREEK PLUTON, BOX ELDER CO., UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH, PH.D. DISSERTATION.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL.

  • Deposit

    1959 GEOLMAP W. H. BAKER, UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESI

  • Production

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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