The Rocky Pass Mines and Prospects is a tungsten mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 5,840 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: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 41.5025, -113.76222
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Rocky Pass Mines and Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rocky Pass Mines and Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Rosebud
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW INCLINE SHAFTS, AND A 200 FT. ADIT
Comment (Geology): K2 COMPTON AND OTHERS, 1977 , CALL THIS INTRUSION GRANODIORITE VERGING ON ADAMELLITE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A FEW TONS OF MINERALIZED ROCK REMAIN IN THE WORKINGS
Comment (Location): E 1/2 SE 10 , AND NW 14
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SCATTERED SMALL DEPOSITS
References
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 GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL.
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON EVERETT, US BUREAU OF MINES IC 8014
Reference (Deposit): 1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY
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