The Wilfong Claim Prospect is a molybdenum mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,210 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,210 Feet (1,588 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 40.17, -113.82417
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Wilfong Claim Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilfong Claim Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mr. Wilfong
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .07 TO .08 PERCENT WO3: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1943, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.16
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Grossularite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TUNGESTEN-MOLYBDENUM MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH EAST-WEST AND NORTHWEST-STRIKING SKARN ZONES.
Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A N7E-TRENDING, 25 FT. LONG ADIT, A 12 FT. DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT AND A SMALL PIT.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1943, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.16
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PROF. PAPER 177.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1943, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.16
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1943 RECON USBM-MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.16
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