The Tucson Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,319 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,319 Feet (1,926 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.19417, -113.85694
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Tucson Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tucson Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Eugene Timm
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: N22w Minor Fault Intersecting The Right Lateral-Slip Fault East Of The Shaft
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PRINCIPAL MINERALIZED FISSURE IS A N65W FAULT EXPLORED BY A 50-60 FT DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT. THE ORE IS NEARLY COMPLETELY OXIDIZED, WITH THE EXECEPTION OF THE SCHEELITE THAT WAS MINED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS: A 50-60 FT DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT ON THE PRINCIPAL, N65W, VERTICALLY DIPPING CU-MINERALIZED IRON OXIDE ZONE, AND ASSOCIATED SHORT ADITS AND PITS ON OTHER IRON OXIDE ZONES.
Comment (Location): LOCATED 1000 FT W OF USLM NO 10
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014 P.27
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M.III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P1.
Reference (Production): EVERETT F.D. 1961 TUMSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH, USBM INF. CIRCULAR 80M, PG. 27
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