Desert Flower

The Desert Flower is a tungsten mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 5,961 feet.

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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: Desert Flower  

State:  Utah

County:  Box Elder

Elevation: 5,961 Feet (1,817 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 41.19389, -113.36278

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Desert Flower MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Desert Flower


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Newfoundland Mtns.


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: Sun Mining Co


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: Newfoundland Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnetization


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote


Comments

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

Comment (Workings): ANOTHER SHORT ADIT 700 FEET BELOW AND 900 FT. TO EAST.


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reference (Deposit): 1956 GEOLMAP PADDOCK, UNIV. OF UTAH M. S. THESI

Reference (Deposit): PADDOCK, R. E., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND MOUNTAINS, BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH, M. S. THESIS


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