The E.H.B. Lode Deposit is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,119 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,119 Feet (1,865 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.195, -113.85333
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E.H.B. Lode Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: E.H.B. Lode Deposit
Secondary: E.H.B. Lode
Secondary: Probable
Secondary: No. 1 Special Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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
Owner Name: Star Dust Mines, Inc.
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: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Pool Canyon Fault; Many Of The Ore Bodies Are Along Northwest - Striking Fractures Or Intrusive Contacts.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
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
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PRODUCTION OF 2,374 TONS AVERAGING 1.3 PERCENT WO3 (TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE).
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Grossularite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Geology): TOURMALINE WAS NOTED ON THE DUMP OF A COPPER PROSPECT ON THE RIDGE SADDLE ABOVE THE TUNGSTEN ADIT. THE TOURMALINE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH COARSELY CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ.
Comment (Production): 2,374 TONS PRODUCED FROM THE E.H.B. LODE CLAIM, AVERAGING 1.3 PERCENT TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE
Comment (Development): THE E.H.B. LODE, PROBABLE, AND NO. 1 SPECIAL CLAIMS WERE OPERATED BY STAR DUST MINES UNTIL 1953, WHEN THEY WERE LEASED TO F.F. HINTZE, WHO HELD A CONTRACT WITH THE DEFENSE MINERALS EXPLORATION ADMINISTRATION (EVERETT, 1961, P. 24).
Comment (Workings): A NUMBER OF TRENCHES, PITS, OPENCUTS, SHORT ADITS, DRIFTS, AND SHAFTS ARE PRESENT ON THE PROPERTY. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION CAME FROM DRIFTS AND SHAFTS ON THE E.H.B. LODE CLAIM.
Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS BOTH IN GARNET-RICH AND POOR CONTACT METASOMATIC ZONES; THE GARNET-RICH TACTITES SEEM TO CARRY THE LARGER (BUT LOWER GRADE) ORE BODIES, THAT IS, ORE THAT IS HIGHER IN MOLYBDENUM (FROM THE MINERAL POWELLITE).
References
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOLMAP USBM: INF. CIRC. 8014, FIGURE 9
Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, P. 24
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 177
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24-25, 27
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
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