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Miners Cabin Shafts

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010589
MRDS ID D004384
Record type Site
Current site name Miners Cabin Shafts
Related records 10130516

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92055, 38.29163 (WGS84)
Elevation 2387
Relative position 0.70 MILE NE OF USMM #1 LOCATION. THIS DEPOSIT IS SHAFT AT END OF ROAD IN NE 1/4 SEC. 13.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miners Cabin Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 029S 018W 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 13.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolin, Calcite, Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92055, 38.29163
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Indian Peak Range

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone & Dolomite Replacement

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS DOLOMITE, DK-LT GRAY, MOTTLED, CALCITE FILLED FRACTURES. BEDS ARE MASSIVE AND ARE ORIENTIATED N 60 DEG E, 61 DEG NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Indian Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHAFTS AND 1 DOZER CUT. THE SHAFTS ARE VERTICAL & CAVED. THE SIZE OF THE DUMPS WOULD INDICATED NO OTHER UNDERGROUND WORKINGS SHAFTS 100-200 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE APPEARS TO BE NO RESERVES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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