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White Rock Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011272
MRDS ID D005843
Record type Site
Current site name White Rock Mine
Related records 10130166

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10163, 38.38718 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF MILFORD AND SW OF THE HARRINGTON HICKORY MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford(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 011W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Thermal Metamorphism, Bleached

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monz;Granodiorite, Plugs, Dikes, Sills
    Rock description Quartz Monz;Granodiorite, Plugs, Dikes, Sills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Kiabab-Plympton Undiff (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Moenkopi
    Rock description Kiabab-Plympton Undiff (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Moenkopi

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10163, 38.38718
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range/Sevier Ozogenic Belt.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS ONLY SLIGHT DUE TO IT'S DISTANCE FROM THE INTRUSIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Harrington-Hickory Cons Mining Co
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WERE HOPEFUL OF FINDING AN ORE BODY IN SIZE AND GRADE OF THE HARRINGTON-HICKORY BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION CAME FROM THIS MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B S, 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REGION: USGS PP 80 P 194

  • 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-APR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

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