The Tungsten Tunnel Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,561 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.58667, -111.77306
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Tungsten Tunnel Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten Tunnel Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Willow Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BULK SAMPLE: 0.23% W, TRACE AU, TRACE AG
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Actinolite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): PROBABLY PART OF JEFFERSON OR BLUE JAY OPERATIONS
Comment (Deposit): TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN VUGGY QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH LITTLE COTTONWOOD STOCK STOCKWORKS
Comment (Workings): TOTAL LENGTH OF ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 280 FT.
Comment (Geology): TUNNEL FOLLOWS A SHEAR ZONE ALONG AND NEAR THE STEEPLY-DIPPING NORTHWEST CONTACT OF AN AMPHIBOLITE BODY. THIS VEIN SYSTEM IS BELIEVED TO BE YOUNGER THAN THOSE OF THE NEARBY GOLD MINES
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 46, 48.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.
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