The Desert Flower is a tungsten mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 5,961 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,961 Feet (1,817 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 41.19389, -113.36278
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Desert Flower MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert Flower
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Newfoundland Mtns.
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sun Mining Co
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: Newfoundland Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnetization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Workings): ANOTHER SHORT ADIT 700 FEET BELOW AND 900 FT. TO EAST.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): 1956 GEOLMAP PADDOCK, UNIV. OF UTAH M. S. THESI
Reference (Deposit): PADDOCK, R. E., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND MOUNTAINS, BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH, M. S. THESIS
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