Unknown Adit

The Unknown Adit is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 5,600 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

Name: Unknown Adit  

State:  Utah

County:  Millard

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.15722, -113.44306

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Unknown Adit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unknown Adit


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


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: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
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: LINEAR VIEN


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: Broad General Anticline, Tilted Southeast By Highangle Fault On West Side Of Range


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn Zone Containing Abundant Brown Garnet


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Comment (Geology): TUNGSTEN ORE OCCURS AS POWDERY DISSEMINATIONS IN METAMORPHOSED BIOTITE MARBLE


References

Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COLL V.53

Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6

Reference (Production): M. EVERTS, 1979

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; USGS MF 636

Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1973, GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF UTAH: BYU GEOL. STUDIES V. 20 PT 3

Reference (Deposit): GEHMAN, HARRY MERRILL JR., 1958, NOTCH PEAK INTRUSIVE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL 62, 50P.

Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT. V3


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