The Metals Coalition Mining Co. Mine is a tungsten mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,661 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,661 Feet (2,335 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.50139, -111.67222
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Metals Coalition Mining Co. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Metals Coalition Mining Co. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Silver Lake District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: R. D. Wadley
Home Office: Pleasant Grove, Ut.
Owner Name: Metals Coalition Mining Co. And S.D. Pack
Production
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^41 Tons Of .32% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1941
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOUTHWEST ADIT CHIP SAMPLE: TRACE OF CU
Analytical Data: SOUTHEAST ADIT DUMP SAMPLE: TRACE OF CU
Analytical Data: NORTH ADIT ORE PILE: .34% WO3
Analytical Data: NORTH ADIT CHIP SAMPLE: .41% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Commodity): MOLYBDENITE ALTERED TO MOLYBDATE
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ORE BODY
Comment (Workings): ONE MAIN ADIT 1000 FT., NOW COLLAPSED, SW ADIT IS 123 FT. LONG, NORTH ADIT IS CAVED, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, PRODUCTION CAME FROM NORTH WORKINGS.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1957, TUNGSTEN RESERVES DISCOVERED IN THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 24, P. 45-54.
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM IC-8014, P. 23.
Reference (Production): CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1957, P. 53.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491, P. 80-83.
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