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Unknown Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010598
MRDS ID D004401
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90441, 38.27997 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 6 MILES NORTH OF MINERSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Canyon(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 029S 009N 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 18.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Marblization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab Ls;Callville-Pakoon Undiff
    Rock description Kaibab Ls;Callville-Pakoon Undiff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90441, 38.27997
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures & Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bradshaw/Lincoln District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.026HA
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-300 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

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

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