B. Estelle Mine

The B. Estelle Mine is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: B. Estelle Mine
Secondary: Bradley Craig Claim

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District

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/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Elsie E. Lord

Owner Name: Eugene Timm

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1894
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: Dutch Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): THE STARDUST EXTENSION ADJOINS THE B. ESTELLE (BRADLEY CRAIG) CLAIM ON ITS NORTHWEST ENDLINE

Comment (Deposit): THE SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS NEAR THE BASE OF THE LIMESTONE PENDANT. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION HAS RESULTED FROM SELECTIVE STRIPPING OF THE THIN BASAL LAYERS OF TACTITE (EVERETT, 1961, P. 25).

Comment (Workings): INTERSECTING SHORT ADITS, OPENCUTS AND SHAFTS (EVERETT, F.D., 1961, FIG. 7-SOUTHEASTERN TIP OF WORKINGS MAPPED FOR DUST EXTENSION CLAIM).

Comment (Geology): THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IS IN A MINERALIZED ROOF PENDANT

References

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177

Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.

Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 25

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 25-26

Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

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