The Desert Flower No. 1 Mine is a tungsten mine located in Box Elder county, Utah.
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Desert Flower No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert Flower No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Pact Rat Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Newfoundland District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Owner Name: Sun Mining Co., Salt Lake City, Ut. Sun Uranium Co.
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES, PODS, IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Grossularite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Andradite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): INTERMITTENT DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1970.
Comment (Location): 18 LODE CLAIMS, 8 PLACER CLAIMS WERE LEASED AND 68 CLAIMS WERE LOCATED
Comment (Workings): 50 AND 150 FT LONG. ADITS, ONE OPEN PIT 10 X 10 X 15 FT.
Comment (Geology): THE GARDEN CITY AND SWAN PEAK FORMATION ARE SUCCESSION OF DARK-GRAY, SILTY, FINE-MEDIUM GRAIN CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE. AN APLITE DIKE 4 INCHES WIDE EXTEND FROM THE INTRUSIVE.
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF CIRC 8014 , P. 21
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