The Bovine Mountain Tungsten is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.50028, -113.66028
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Bovine Mountain Tungsten MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bovine Mountain Tungsten
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Rosebud
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Grouse Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marbleization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Andradite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Marble
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Production): A FEW TEST LOTS MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED.
Comment (Workings): 2 CUTS AND INCLINE
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, W. H., 1959 , GEOLOGIC SETTING AND ORGIN OF THE GROUSE CREEK PLUTON, BOX ELDER CO., UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH, PH.D. DISSERTATION.
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL.
Reference (Deposit): 1959 GEOLMAP W. H. BAKER, UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESI
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
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