Scheelite Queen Mine

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

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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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