Solomons Hollow Mine

The Solomons Hollow Mine is a tungsten mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,430 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Solomons Hollow Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Granite 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mc Garry, Ambrose

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1941
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: Mineral Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: POD-LIKE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Scarn

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS

References

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M L, 1979, UTAH, GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A L, 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH/WITH MINE MAP: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY REPRINT #56

Reference (Deposit): 1944 COMPILE HOBBS, S W USGS BULL 945-

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

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