Cedar-Talisman Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010746
MRDS ID D004691
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar-Talisman Mine
Related records 10153983

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14358, 38.37135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1932
Relative position 7 MILES WEST OF MILFORD ON WEST SIDE OF STAR RANGE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 012W 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleached, Recrystallized, Marbleized, Silicified

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14358, 38.37135

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 11 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG W
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 228.6M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Replacements In Bedding. Ore Conforms To The Attitude Of The Strata

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 FISSURE SYSTEMS (N-S DIPS 85 DEG N IS THE MAIN FISSURE, ONE STRIKING (N 15 DEG W 35 DEG E) IS HOST FOR MOST OF THE ZN ORE, THE ORE IS PRACTACALLY ALL OXIDIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer Cedar-Tailsman Mining Co.
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cedar-Tailsman Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward G. Galloway
    Home office Milford

Production statistics

  • Year 1909
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 40wt-pct
  • Year 1914
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 41wt-pct
  • Year 1914
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 640g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 29wt-pct
  • Year 1916
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 8696g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 70wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ABOVE RESERVES ESTIMATED WITH THE FOLLOWING CONFIDENCE INTERVALS: 90% 10,000T; 75% GREATER THEN 10,000 T; 50% LESS THEN 20,000 T; 25% LESS THAN 40,000 T; 10% LESS THAN 50,000 T

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.432HA
    Length 1515.77M
    Overall depth 136.55M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS AVE 450 FT, 2 ADITS AVE 50 FT

Comments on development

  • THERE WERE NO REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES OF ORE REMAINING IN THE STOPES OR ON THE DUMP AT THE TIME OF THIS VISIT (APRIL 1979).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    BAER, I.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH : B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT.2, P.29-52.

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN, SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT, NO. 22

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Deposit

    BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P. HD. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

  • Production

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW VARIOUS YEARS. BAETCKE, G.B., 1969.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFTS, RAISES, WINZES, ADITS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND PITS. PRODUCTION 1909-1916
Deposit PRIMARY ORE MINERALS PROBABLY CONSISTED OF SULFIDES OF LEAD,IRON, COPPER AND ZINC. A CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE IS THE EXTENSIVE LATERAL REPLACEMENT OF HOST ROCK BY ORE MINERALS. ALTERATION IS NOT EXTENSIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references