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Miller Scheelite Claims Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Beryllium, Manganese, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Uranium, Zinc, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010357
MRDS ID D003969
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Scheelite Claims Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77718, 38.36053 (WGS84)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008W 028S 20 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Beryl Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Helvite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Thulite Ore
Mica Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Topaz Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.77718, 38.36053
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Lenses Along Aplite Dike In Tactite Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS DEPOSIT IS OF POSSIBLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EARLL, F. N., 1957 , PH.D. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY, C. L., 1962 , AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 47 , P. 395 - 398 .

  • Deposit

    PARK, G. M., 1968 , M. S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A. L., AND BURANEK, A. M., 1945 , UTAH ENG. & EXP STATION BULL. 25 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EARLL ( 1957 ) STATES THAT SMALL SHIPMENTS OF BERYLLIUM ORE HAVE BEEN MADE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Steven, T. A. U.S. Geological Survey

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