The Pack Rat Cyn is a tungsten mine located in Box Elder county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Pack Rat Cyn MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pack Rat Cyn
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Newfoundland
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Diamond Head Corp.
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: Pre-1956
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.25% W03
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: ORE OCCURS IN SPOTTY LENSES, PODS AND IRREGULARLY SHAPED BODIES
Structure
Type: L
Description: E - W Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: VERY ISOLATED AREA WITH NEGLIGIBLE NONSALINE WATER
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONES AND QUARTZ FISSURES REACH A MAX WIDTH OF 4 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): 1976 OTHER BLM MINERAL INVENTOR
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PRESS, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOXELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY
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