The Tuolumne Claim is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.19639, -113.84944
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Tuolumne Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tuolumne Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Pool Canyon Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE COPPER-TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A SMALL LIMESTONE ROOF PENDANT. THE MINERALIZED CONTACT ZONE IN THE PRINCIPAL ADIT IS 2 TO 10 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS, WITH ASSOCIATED PITS AND SHORT ADITS. THE MOST SOUTHERN AND HIGHEST OF THE ADITS TRENDS, S20W, IS 30 FT. LONG, CROSSCUTS A COPPER-MINERALIZED, N70E, 35SE LIMESTONEQUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT, AND INCLUDES A WINZE ON THE CONTACT.
Comment (Location): NORTHWEST OF THE TIMM MINE (FRACTION LODE)
Comment (Production): "A SMALL AMOUNT OF TUNGSTEN ORE WAS MINED BEFORE 1940."
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 27
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 27
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