Lone Pine

The Lone Pine is a tungsten mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 6,749 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Lone Pine
Secondary: Amw

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Rosebud

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Grouse Creek Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2 FT. CHIP SAMPLE OF REMAINING ORE YIELDED 2.96 PERCENT WO3

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL INCLINES AND ADITS ( 200 FT. OF INCLINED SHAFTS AND WINZES, 900 FT. OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS, 50 FT. OF RAISES AND 200 FT. OF OPENCUTS AND TRENCHES

Comment (Geology): K2 COMPTON AND OTHERS CALL THIS INTRUSION GRANODIORITE VERGING ON ADAMELLITE

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

Comment (Production): MOSTLY WORKED 1940 - 44 AND 1954 - 1956

Comment (Deposit): DIP VARIES 25 TO 30 DEG. E

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UGMS FILES

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: US BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 8014 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREP., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.

Reference (Deposit): COMPTON, R. R., AND OTHERS, 1977 , OLIGOCENE AND MIOCENE METAMORPHISM, FOLDING; AND LOW-ANGLE FAULTING IN NORTHWESTERN UTAH: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA BULL., V. 88 , P. 1237 - 1250 .

Reference (Deposit): 1961 MINEMAP EVERETT, USBM IC 8014

Reference (Deposit): 1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Production): EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014

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