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Vicksburg Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Sulfur, Iron
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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 10087088
MRDS ID D004676
Record type Site
Current site name Vicksburg Mine
Related records 10281323

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09191, 38.36079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES SW OF MILFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford Flat(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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 012W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Sulfur Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Sulfur Ore
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism, Marbleization

Analytical data

Result AG=.18 OZ/TON
Result CU=.275%
Result PB=.030%
Result ZN=.072%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Plymton-Kiabab-Toroweap Undiff
    Rock description Plymton-Kiabab-Toroweap Undiff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.09191, 38.36079
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Range (East Limb Of A Northward Trending Anticline).

Ore body information

  • General form "CHIMNEY"
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG W
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 4.88M
    Depth to top 21.34M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Steeply Dipping, Northward Striking, Premineral Fissures Intersected By Eastward Striking Premineral Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVEN FISSURES, TRENDING NORTH. BUTLER STATES THAT AN OCHEROUS ORE CONTAINING UP TO 50 OZ AG & 50% PB WAS MINED FROM A NORTHWARD DIPPING CHIMNEY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Discoverer Majestic Mining Co.
Year of first production 1872

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner New Majestic Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.143HA
    Length 550.77M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, STOPES, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS

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: B.Y.U. 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

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

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL USBM REPORT OF INVEST. #4642

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SMALL QUARRY OF FINE GRAIN WHITE MARBLE IS LOCATED IN SMALL WASH SOUTH OF WORKINGS
Deposit PRODUCTION: 1872-77, 1914-16, 1939: 4 SHAFTS AVE. 50 FT, 6 INCLINES AVE 100 FT AT 45 DEG.

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

Beyond USGS

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