The Desert Queen Prospect is a beryllium mine located in Tooele county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Desert Queen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert Queen Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS DENVER COL P110
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI E A 1974 COLORADO AND UTAH INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Reference (Deposit): SURVEY BULL 76 P 64 119
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK K C 1967 MINERALS OF UTAH UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOL STUDIES VOL 11 P 109
Reference (Deposit): FOWKES E J 1964 PEG OF GRANITE PEAK MT TOOELE CO UTAH
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL SURVEY BULL 110 P 77
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK K C 1976 FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH UTAH GEOL AND
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