The Sidesprings Mine is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 8,081 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,081 Feet (2,463 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.18139, -113.37417
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Sidesprings Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sidesprings Mine
Secondary: Side Springs Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Notch Peak
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Treasure Mountain Mining Co.
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sevier Thrust Belt, Basin-Range Faults Bounding The House Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metasomatism, Contact Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHANNEL SAMPLES CONTAINED BETWEEN 0.07 AND 5.80% WO3 AND AVERAGED 1.6% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Actinolite
Comments
Comment (Development): DEPOSIT EXPLORED BY FIVE WAGON DRILL HOLES DRILLED 50 FEET FROM THE CONTACT AND SPACED 50 FEET APART. CHANNEL AND CHIP AMAPLES TAKEN AT 20-FOOT STATIONS ALONG THE EXPOSED CONTACT IN THE GLORY HOLE.
Comment (Deposit): SIZE ESTIMATE BY GRAY, 1956. THIS DEPOSIT CONSIDERED BY GRAY TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING IN THE AREA.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SINGLE GLORY HOLE
References
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIMINARY GEOLGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-636.
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR, 8014, 44P.
Reference (Deposit): GRAY, R.S., 1956, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PROPERTY OF THE TREASURE MOUNTAIN MINING CO., HOUSE RANGE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBLISED REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, D.M., 1976, GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY OF THE NOTCH PEAK TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: SALT LAKE CITY, UT, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, M.S. THESIS, 74P.
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