Beaver Tungsten Mines

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011335
MRDS ID D005985
Record type Site
Current site name Beaver Tungsten Mines
Alternate or previous names Oak Claim Garnet Mines Juniper Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.79135, 38.33941 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF MUD SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adamsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(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 008W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn

Analytical data

Result SCHEELITE CONTENT OF EXPOSED TACTITE IS LESS THAN 0.2% WO3, ALTHOUGH A FEW SMALL POCKETS OF MATERIAL CONTAINING FROM 0.5-1.0% WO3 HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Rock description Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Moenkopi Formation;Kaibab Ls;Callville-Pakoon (Principal Host)
    Rock description Moenkopi Formation;Kaibab Ls;Callville-Pakoon (Principal Host)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.79135, 38.33941

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN LIKE
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 75 NW
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 109.73M
    Width 39.62M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, And Shears Parallel To Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Granite Mineral Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Beaver Tungsten Mines Inc
  • Type Owner
    Owner James Mcgarry

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.044HA
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS 45 FEET APART CONNECTED BY A CROSS CUT, ONE SHAFT 20 FT DEEP THE OTHER 90 FEET. ALSO SEVERAL DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S W, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF BEAVER CO UT: USGS BULL 945-D

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A L, 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH/WITH MINE MAP: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY, REPORT #56

  • Deposit

    1945 COMPILE HOBBS - REF #

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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