Desert Flower No. 1 Mine

The Desert Flower No. 1 Mine is a tungsten mine located in Box Elder county, Utah.

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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: Desert Flower No. 1 Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Box Elder

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 41.20611, -113.36389

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Desert Flower No. 1 Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Desert Flower No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Pact Rat Canyon Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Newfoundland District


Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Sun Mining Co., Salt Lake City, Ut. Sun Uranium Co.
Years: 1955 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSES, PODS, IRREGULAR


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: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Grossularite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Andradite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Development): INTERMITTENT DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1970.

Comment (Location): 18 LODE CLAIMS, 8 PLACER CLAIMS WERE LEASED AND 68 CLAIMS WERE LOCATED

Comment (Workings): 50 AND 150 FT LONG. ADITS, ONE OPEN PIT 10 X 10 X 15 FT.

Comment (Geology): THE GARDEN CITY AND SWAN PEAK FORMATION ARE SUCCESSION OF DARK-GRAY, SILTY, FINE-MEDIUM GRAIN CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE. AN APLITE DIKE 4 INCHES WIDE EXTEND FROM THE INTRUSIVE.


References

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF CIRC 8014 , P. 21


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