The Unknown Adit is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.15722, -113.44306
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Unknown Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown Adit
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: House Range
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR VIEN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Broad General Anticline, Tilted Southeast By Highangle Fault On West Side Of Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn Zone Containing Abundant Brown Garnet
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Geology): TUNGSTEN ORE OCCURS AS POWDERY DISSEMINATIONS IN METAMORPHOSED BIOTITE MARBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COLL V.53
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6
Reference (Production): M. EVERTS, 1979
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979 UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE; USGS MF 636
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1973, GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF UTAH: BYU GEOL. STUDIES V. 20 PT 3
Reference (Deposit): GEHMAN, HARRY MERRILL JR., 1958, NOTCH PEAK INTRUSIVE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL 62, 50P.
Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT. V3
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