E.H.B. Lode Deposit

The E.H.B. Lode Deposit is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,119 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

Name: E.H.B. Lode Deposit  

State:  Utah

County:  Tooele

Elevation: 6,119 Feet (1,865 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 40.195, -113.85333

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E.H.B. Lode Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: E.H.B. Lode Deposit
Secondary: E.H.B. Lode
Secondary: Probable
Secondary: No. 1 Special Claims


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Star Dust Mines, Inc.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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: Dutch Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Pool Canyon Fault; Many Of The Ore Bodies Are Along Northwest - Striking Fractures Or Intrusive Contacts.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PRODUCTION OF 2,374 TONS AVERAGING 1.3 PERCENT WO3 (TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE).


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Grossularite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Tourmaline


Comments

Comment (Geology): TOURMALINE WAS NOTED ON THE DUMP OF A COPPER PROSPECT ON THE RIDGE SADDLE ABOVE THE TUNGSTEN ADIT. THE TOURMALINE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH COARSELY CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ.

Comment (Production): 2,374 TONS PRODUCED FROM THE E.H.B. LODE CLAIM, AVERAGING 1.3 PERCENT TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE

Comment (Development): THE E.H.B. LODE, PROBABLE, AND NO. 1 SPECIAL CLAIMS WERE OPERATED BY STAR DUST MINES UNTIL 1953, WHEN THEY WERE LEASED TO F.F. HINTZE, WHO HELD A CONTRACT WITH THE DEFENSE MINERALS EXPLORATION ADMINISTRATION (EVERETT, 1961, P. 24).

Comment (Workings): A NUMBER OF TRENCHES, PITS, OPENCUTS, SHORT ADITS, DRIFTS, AND SHAFTS ARE PRESENT ON THE PROPERTY. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION CAME FROM DRIFTS AND SHAFTS ON THE E.H.B. LODE CLAIM.

Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS BOTH IN GARNET-RICH AND POOR CONTACT METASOMATIC ZONES; THE GARNET-RICH TACTITES SEEM TO CARRY THE LARGER (BUT LOWER GRADE) ORE BODIES, THAT IS, ORE THAT IS HIGHER IN MOLYBDENUM (FROM THE MINERAL POWELLITE).


References

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

Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOLMAP USBM: INF. CIRC. 8014, FIGURE 9

Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, P. 24

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 177

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24-25, 27

Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2


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