The Trout Creek Mine is a tungsten and zinc mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,821 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,821 Feet (2,079 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.75111, -113.88500
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Trout Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trout Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spring Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Harold B. Stafford
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Local Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ZN FROM TRACE TO 42%, AVERAGE 10% WO3 FROM TRACE TO 13.02%, AVERAGE .8%
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Production): PROD. FIGURES UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 450 FT. INCLINE SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT THE 60, 120, 180, AND 415 FT. LEVELS, SOME CROSS-CUTS AND DRIFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI #117
Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979; PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8 (80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: THOMSON, K.C., 1973, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURV. BULL. 99
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069.
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH. D. DISSERTATION.
Reference (Deposit): BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77
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