The Scheelite Queen Mine is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 8,159 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,159 Feet (2,487 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.19667, -113.39528
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Scheelite Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scheelite Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Owner Name: Duke Page
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1944-Present
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1941-1944
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
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 & Range
Type: L
Description: East Limb Of Se Dipping Fault Block That Has Been Domed By Jurassic Intrusion
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tactite, Scarn
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Workings): UPPER ADIT 200 FT LONG, LOWER ADIT 300 FT, 300 FT INCLINE SHAFT, 4,400 FT OF DOZER CUTS. MOST PRODUCTION FROM UPPER ADIT
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NOT SURVEYED
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIRC. 8014
Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V. 3
Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS. COL. V 53
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUAD, MILLARD CO, UTAH: USGS MF 636
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIRC. #8014
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