The Reaper Mine is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,155 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,155 Feet (1,876 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.11528, -113.82083
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Reaper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reaper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Wilson, Steve
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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE LIKE, IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: POSSIBLY 60% W IN ORE
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW NW OF SE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): BECOMES LENTICULAR WITH DEPTH; MOST OF THE ORE IS FROM SURFACE TO 56 FT.
Comment (Workings): ALSO SOME SHALLOW PITS.
Comment (Geology): EPIDOTE, TITANITE, DIOPSIDE, ZIRCON WERE FOUND MICROSCOPICALLY
References
Reference (Production): EVERETT, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8014.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8014
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8014
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: USGS PP. 177
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