The B. Estelle Mine is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.19056, -113.85222
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B. Estelle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: B. Estelle Mine
Secondary: Bradley Craig Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Elsie E. Lord
Owner Name: Eugene Timm
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1894
Discovery Method: Unknown
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, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): THE STARDUST EXTENSION ADJOINS THE B. ESTELLE (BRADLEY CRAIG) CLAIM ON ITS NORTHWEST ENDLINE
Comment (Deposit): THE SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS NEAR THE BASE OF THE LIMESTONE PENDANT. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION HAS RESULTED FROM SELECTIVE STRIPPING OF THE THIN BASAL LAYERS OF TACTITE (EVERETT, 1961, P. 25).
Comment (Workings): INTERSECTING SHORT ADITS, OPENCUTS AND SHAFTS (EVERETT, F.D., 1961, FIG. 7-SOUTHEASTERN TIP OF WORKINGS MAPPED FOR DUST EXTENSION CLAIM).
Comment (Geology): THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IS IN A MINERALIZED ROOF PENDANT
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 25
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 25-26
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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