The North Desolate Point is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 4,304 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,304 Feet (1,312 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.0575, -113.74028
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North Desolate Point MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Desolate Point
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Crater Island/Silver Island
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Crater Island
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marbleization, Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): LOW GRADE
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Workings): SURFACE CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER III.
Reference (Deposit): SCHAEFFER, F.E., AND ANDERSON, W.L., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAINS BOX ELDER AND TOOELE COUNTIES AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UTAH GEOLOGICAL BULL. 15.
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THIS REVIEW.
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