The Mountain Lake Mine is a tungsten, silver, gold, molybdenum, and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,751 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 9,751 Feet (2,972 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.5825, -111.58417
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Mountain Lake Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Lake Mine
Secondary: Jack
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Grizzly Overthrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Contact Metamorphism Along Contact Of Granodiorite And Madison Ls.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1939 : 0.78 % WO3 , 0.22 % MO, 0.11 OZ AG, 0.01 OZ AU PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Brucite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Forsterite
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Phlogopite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Actinolite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE WAS FOUND IN ALTERED LIMESTONE IN A TACTITE ZONE AT THE CONTACT OF LS AND GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Location): THIS MINE WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE GREAT WESTERN MINES CO.
Comment (Workings): MOST WORKINGS ARE CAVED, EXCEPT STEAMBOAT TUNNEL, WHERE IT IS IN SNAKE CREEK CANYON IN WASATCH CO. AND EXTENDS FOR 4,000 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS,F.C. & BUTLER,B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P. 113-114.
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIR. C8014 , P. 22
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD,A.L. & BURANEK,A.M., 1944, TUNGSTEN RESERVES DISCOVERED IN THE COTTONWOOD & AMERICAN FORK MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH ENGN. EXP. STATION, BULL. 24, P. 19-27.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 87-88.
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