The Cross Bow Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,721 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,721 Feet (1,439 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 39.99528, -113.22250
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Cross Bow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cross Bow Mine
Secondary: Bryan Claim
Secondary: Laureo Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Cannon, J. F.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut
Owner Name: Margaret And George Willis Smith, Stockton, Utah
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt
Type: L
Description: Laurel Fault Strikes N-S To Nne And Dips 65 E
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay Alteration And Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): BULLOCK, 1976, REPORTS TRACE AMOUNTS OF LEAD AND SILVER, BUT THESE WERE NOT REPORTED BY STAATZ AND CARR (1964) OR AFRASIABI (1981)
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF FISSURE VEINS OF FLUORSPAR WITH MINOR CU AND POSSIBLE TRACES OF PB AND AG. PERRY (1974) REPORTED VEINS UP TO 8 FT WIDE WITH PODS OF GALENA AND CHRYSOCOLLA NODULES UP TO 4 IN. IN DIAMETER. FLUORITE VEINS AVERAGE 3 IN. WIDE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A NNE TRENDING ADIT WITH NUMEROUS CROSS CUTS AND STOPES. ADIT MAPPED BY WHELAN AND AFRASIABI, FIGURE 15 OF AFRASIABI (1981).
Comment (Geology): AFRASIABI NOTED AN IGNEOUS DIKE ON HIS MINE MAP BUT DID NOT COMMENT ON IT.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 415.
Reference (Deposit): AFRASIABI, HEDAYAT, 1981, A STUDY OF MINERALIZATION IN THE DUGWAY RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: SALT LAKE CITY, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UNPUB. MASTERS THESIS, 72 P.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 110, 89 P.
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