The Doctor Claim Mine is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,726 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,726 Feet (2,050 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.11472, -113.82889
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Doctor Claim Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Doctor Claim Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton 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
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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR AND PIPELIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Scapolite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIN VEINS AND IRREGULAR BODIES. MOSTLY IN MONZONITE, IRREGULAR BODIES OF SILICATE MINERALS ARE ABOUT 25X35 FT IN SIZE
Comment (Location): NE NW OF SW
Comment (Workings): MOSTLY PITS, OPEN CUTS, AND SHALLOW SHAFTS; VERTICAL SHAFT 10 FT DEEP WITH 4 FT DRIFT, PITS 10X10X5 FT, 2 AT 6X6X4 FT., 10X15X5 FT, 3X10X3 FT, 6X6X2 FT. AND OTHERS.
Comment (Geology): K4, SERICITE, HEMATITE, MICA
Comment (Deposit): NOLAN NOTES NORTHERLY ORE BODY WAS A SMALL PIPELIKE BODY WITH 5 FT DIAMETER DIPPING 65-70 DEGREES WEST. IN A SOUTHERN ORE BODY THE ORE WAS VEIN-LIKE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC
References
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 17
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: USGS PP. 177
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICTS, TOOELE CO, UT.: USGS PP. 177
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
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