| Deposit ID | 10010743 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004683 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Velvet Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Velvet Silver Mine, Lucky Boy Claim |
| Related records | 10178624 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.16858, 38.29802 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1689 |
| Relative position | 10 MILES SW OF MILFORD |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Picacho Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 029S | 012W | 11 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Jarosite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Kaibab-Plympton-Toroweap Formations | ||||||
| Rock description | Kaibab-Plympton-Toroweap Formations | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert |
| (1) | -113.16858, 38.29802 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range/Colorado Plateau Transition Sevier Orogenic Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | (Star Range) Eastward Dipping Homocline Believed To Be Upper Thrust Plate. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 60 DEG W |
| Dip | 80 DEG S |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 90M |
| Width | 15M |
| Depth to top | 5M |
| Depth to bottom | 7M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Star |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004683 |
ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46
BAER, I.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P. 29-52.
BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY , UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO.3 P.6
PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO.22
BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.
1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER,B.S., USGS PP #80
1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S, USGS PP #111
1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9
1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B
1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3
1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46
EVERTS, M.L., 1979. GEOLOGIST.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INCLINE SHAFT 50 FT DEEP |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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