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Sullivan Group

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Lead
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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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011253
MRDS ID D005806
Record type Site
Current site name Sullivan Group
Related records 10276085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16247, 38.34663 (WGS84)
Elevation 1867
Relative position 1 MILE NW USMM #3

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)

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 028S 012W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Recrystallize Carbonates (White)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Intrusives Undifferientiated
    Rock description Intrusives Undifferientiated
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guilmette Formation (Sevy Dolomite)
    Rock description Guilmette Formation (Sevy Dolomite)
  • 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) -113.16247, 38.34663
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Colorado Plateau/Basin And Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Eastward Dipping Homocline (Star Range) Believed To Be Part Of An Eastward Moving Thrust Plate.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. Hanley

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE STRIKING N 45 DEG E DIPS 42 DEG, TRENCH 6M X 9M X 4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO, UT, UGMS SPEC S 46

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973,: UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUB NO 3

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22.

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU 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 UTAH P HD THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASSESSMENT WORK DONE FOR 78-79

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

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