The Pine Grove Molybdenum Deposit is a molybdenum mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 38.3419, -113.61810
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Pine Grove Molybdenum Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Grove Molybdenum Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Phelps Dodge
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1978
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Ownership): PHELPS DODGE IS DISCOVERER OF PINE GROVE DEPOSIT, AND HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH GETTY OIL CO. TO EVALUATE, AND IF WARRANTED, DEVELOP THE SUOTHERN UTAH DEPOSIT.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS FOUND IN A HIGHLY ALTERED QUARTZ LATITE WHICH OUTCROPS AS A SMALL STOCK. DEEPEST HOLES DRILLED THUS FAR HAVE FOUND AN INCREASE IN ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION WITH DEPTH INDICATING THAT THE HIGHER GRADE CORE OF THE DEPOSIT HAS NOT YET BEEN DISCOVERED.
Comment (Exploration): THE FIRST 4 HOLES INTERSECTED LENGTHS OF MINERALIZATION AT DEPTHS BETWEEN 915 AND 1525 METERS. AT CUT OFF GRADE OF 0.20% MOS2, INTERSECTIONS VARIED FROM A MAXIMUM OF 290 M TO A MINIMUM OF 60 M
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MAY, 1979, PP. 491-2.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PINE GROVE ASSOCIATES DRILL DEEP MOLY. MINING ENGINEERING,
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