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Prince Albert Mine

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078689
MRDS ID W027196
Record type Site
Current site name Prince Albert Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.08763, 38.86831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position APPROX. 1.75 MILES WEST OF UTAH - COLORADO BORDER, 5.8 MILES SOUTH - SOUTHWEST OF THE PICTURE GALLERY RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westwater Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022S 026E 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SECTION 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Biotite Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Biotite Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.08763, 38.86831
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 68 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG NW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.3M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Mining district

District name Ryan Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gilbert Daily, Harold Kramer, And Gerald Laughter.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE VEIN HAS BEEN COMPLETELY MINED OUT.
  • NO APPARENT RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT 40 FT DEEP & APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. OF DRIFTING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGIC AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 110 P. 25 - 26

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UGMS BULLETIN 11

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEE I. PERRY 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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