Red Warrior 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011250
MRDS ID D005799
Record type Site
Current site name Red Warrior Mine
Related records 10154112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14886, 38.34829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1958
Relative position 6 MILES SW OF MILFORD AND ADJACENT TO THE MOWITZA MINE

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 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 25

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guilmette Formation;Pilot Shale
    Rock description Guilmette Formation;Pilot Shale
  • 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) -113.14886, 38.34829

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Normal Faults, Thrusting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-IRREGULAR VEINS
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 80 W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 203M
    Width 487.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures That Cut Limestone (Ne & Dip Steeply Nw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Moscow Silver Mines

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ABOVE ESTIMATES ARE MADE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONFIDENCE INTERVALS: 90% 200 T; 75% 500 T 50% 1000 T; 25% 2000 T; 10% 5000 T

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1066.8M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS AVE 800 FT DEEP, 1 ADIT 600 FT, RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • SURFACE PLANT INSTALLED 1907

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, J L, 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: BYU 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, BYU GEOL STUDIES V 9

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references