The South Pit Mine is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 8,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,051 Feet (2,454 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.18194, -113.37417
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South Pit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Pit Mine
Secondary: Sidesprings
Secondary: White Cloud #4
Secondary: Happy Chance
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum
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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Owner Name: Notch Peak Minerals
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Eastern Limb Of Block Faulted Anticline. Sed. Locally Domed By Intrusive
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tactite
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS 1/4 1/4 1/4 NOT SURVEYED
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS ARE UP TO DATE
Comment (Workings): DEPTH: 20 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR #8014
Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MERIDIAN RPT. V. 3
Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COLL. V. 53
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF-636
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
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