The Lone Pine is a tungsten mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 6,749 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 41.5175, -113.77139
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Lone Pine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Pine
Secondary: Amw
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Rosebud
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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/Underground
Ownership
Not available
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Grouse Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 FT. CHIP SAMPLE OF REMAINING ORE YIELDED 2.96 PERCENT WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL INCLINES AND ADITS ( 200 FT. OF INCLINED SHAFTS AND WINZES, 900 FT. OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS, 50 FT. OF RAISES AND 200 FT. OF OPENCUTS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): K2 COMPTON AND OTHERS CALL THIS INTRUSION GRANODIORITE VERGING ON ADAMELLITE
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Production): MOSTLY WORKED 1940 - 44 AND 1954 - 1956
Comment (Deposit): DIP VARIES 25 TO 30 DEG. E
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UGMS FILES
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: US BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 8014 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREP., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
Reference (Deposit): COMPTON, R. R., AND OTHERS, 1977 , OLIGOCENE AND MIOCENE METAMORPHISM, FOLDING; AND LOW-ANGLE FAULTING IN NORTHWESTERN UTAH: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA BULL., V. 88 , P. 1237 - 1250 .
Reference (Deposit): 1961 MINEMAP EVERETT, USBM IC 8014
Reference (Deposit): 1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Production): EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014
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