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Garnet #1 Claim Mine

Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008881
MRDS ID D001366
Record type Site
Current site name Garnet #1 Claim Mine
Alternate or previous names Garnet #2 Claim, Daily Metals Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.80079, 38.34997 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939
Relative position 5.5 MILES NORTH OF ADAMSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adamsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 008W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tactite, (Skarn) Garnet

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock;Moenkopi Formation;Tailsman Quartzite;Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Rock description Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock;Moenkopi Formation;Tailsman Quartzite;Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Callville-Pakoon
    Rock description Callville-Pakoon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.80079, 38.34997
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description A "Bulge" Structure Slightly To The East That May Be Related To Cross-Fracturing

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG NW
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 39.62M
    Depth to top 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crosscutting Fractures That Cut Garnet Rich Zones. Shears Parallel To Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURRS AS DISSEMINATED GRAINS OR AS COARSER CRYSTALS ALONG OCCASSIONAL FRACTURE PLANES WHICH CUT ACROSS THE LAYERING OF THE GARNET ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1944

Mining district

District name Granite/Mineral Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Daily Metal Mines Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Garry, Ambrose
    First year 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 29.26M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, (140 FT DEEP, 196 FT DEEP) 700 FT OF DRIFTS; CROSSCUTS; AND 20-30 SURFACE TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S W, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN BEAVER COUNTY, UT: USGS BULL 945-D

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1945 COMPILE SEE REF #

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE LAYER #1 IS ADJACENT TO THE CONTACT, IS IRREGULAR, AND IS 18 FT THICK IN PLACES; #2 IS THE BEST EXPLORED LAYER & IS 30 THICK; LAYER #3 IS EXPOSED ONLY IN TRENCHES AND IS 10-12 FT WIDE; LAYER #4 IS ONLY PARTLY EXPOSED
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AT LEAST 4 LAYERS RANGING IN WIDTH FROM A FEW INCHES TO 40 FT WITHIN A 130 FOOT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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