The Ekker Tungsten Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,650 Feet (2,027 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.93861, -112.52583
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Ekker Tungsten Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ekker Tungsten Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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, LENTICULAR
Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Greisenization
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR THE CENTER OF SEC. 21
Comment (Production): SEVERAL TONS OF ORE WERE STOCKPILED BUT NONE WERE SHIPPED
Comment (Deposit): PODS OF ORE ARE EXPOSED, AT INTERVALS, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 400 FT.
Comment (Workings): PITS
Comment (Geology): BOTH THE HANGING AND FOOTWALLS ARE OF LIMONITE STAINED PORPHYRITIC GRANITE. GREISEN ZONES ARE MORE PROMINENT IN THE EAST SEGMENT OF THE VEIN
Comment (Deposit): THE GREISEN ZONES ARE REFERRED TO AS THE "BLUE DUMMY" VEINS BY LOCAL PROSPECTORS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63, P. 118
Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, L.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP IN UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM FILE 182633, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS; REF. 5 GRIFFITTS, W.R., 1969, BERYLLIUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73; REF. 6 HARRIS, DEVERLE, 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE DUTCH PEAK AREA, SHEEPROCK RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBL. M.S. THESIS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV.; REF. 7 U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1961, SHEEPROCK BERYL: MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 8.32, UNPUBL. OPEN-FILE REPT.
Reference (Production): COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, P. 118
Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C., NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 6828, P. 49-50
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