The Contact Claim is a tungsten mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,480 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: 6,480 Feet (1,975 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.345, -112.78333
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Contact Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Contact Claim
Secondary: Contact Fraction Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Granite/Mineral Range
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mc Garry, Ambrose
Years: 1944 -
Owner Name: Daily Metal Mines Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1941
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: Mineral Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Faults (North-Trending)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Scarn
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS, SEVERAL TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, SW, 1944: TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945-D, P 106
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A L, 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH/WITH MINE MAP: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY REPRINT #56
Reference (Deposit): 1944 COMPILE HOBBS, S W BULL 945-
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