Metals Coalition Mining Co. Mine

The Metals Coalition Mining Co. Mine is a tungsten mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,661 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Metals Coalition Mining Co. Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Silver Lake District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: R. D. Wadley
Home Office: Pleasant Grove, Ut.

Owner Name: Metals Coalition Mining Co. And S.D. Pack

Production

Year: 1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^41 Tons Of .32% Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1941
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault

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: Mississippian

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SOUTHWEST ADIT CHIP SAMPLE: TRACE OF CU
Analytical Data: SOUTHEAST ADIT DUMP SAMPLE: TRACE OF CU
Analytical Data: NORTH ADIT ORE PILE: .34% WO3
Analytical Data: NORTH ADIT CHIP SAMPLE: .41% WO3

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Commodity): MOLYBDENITE ALTERED TO MOLYBDATE

Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ORE BODY

Comment (Workings): ONE MAIN ADIT 1000 FT., NOW COLLAPSED, SW ADIT IS 123 FT. LONG, NORTH ADIT IS CAVED, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, PRODUCTION CAME FROM NORTH WORKINGS.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

References

Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1957, TUNGSTEN RESERVES DISCOVERED IN THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 24, P. 45-54.

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM IC-8014, P. 23.

Reference (Production): CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1957, P. 53.

Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491, P. 80-83.

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