The Pines Peak is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 8,891 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: 8,891 Feet (2,710 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.2, -113.40000
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Pines Peak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pines Peak
Secondary: Copper King 1-7
Secondary: Eagle Point 1-3
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: House Range
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Notch Peak Minerals
Owner Name: B. L. M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1952
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Roof Pendant Of Jurassic Intrusive
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): NOT SURVEYED
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS ARE UP TO DATE BY NOTCH PEAK MINERALS
Comment (Development): 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 5 SMALL OPEN PITS AND TWO OPEN STOPES. PIT IS 74X26X30 FT. SOUTH STOPE IS 53X28X25 FT. NORTH STOPE IS 54X20X25 FT
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IN A LS ROOF PENDANT OF PAINTER SPRING JURASSIC INTRUSION
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM GEOL MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE, MILLARD CO., UTAH: USGS MF 636
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1973, GEOLOGIC ROAD LOG OF WESTERN UTAH AND EASTERN NEVADA: BYU GEOL. STUDIES V.20 PT 2
Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V.3
Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN COLL V.53
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER,H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6
Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014
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