| Deposit ID | 10087093 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004690 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wild Bill Mine |
| Related records | 10202956, 10275550 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.1508, 38.37857 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1917 |
| Relative position | 7 1/2 MILES SW OF MILFORD ON WEST SIDE OF STAR RANGE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Milford NW(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 012W | 13 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Corkite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert |
| (1) | -113.1508, 38.37857 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range Colorado Plateau Transition |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Star Range |
| General form | TABULAR/STEEPLY DIPPING AND CUT ACROSS BEDDING |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 35 DEG E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1895 |
| District name | Star |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pillock, Leonard, Wilken And Others |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.558HA |
| Length | 720.85M |
| Overall depth | 156.06M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004690 |
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
BAER, I.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P.29-52.
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
PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO.22
1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80
1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S, USGS PP#111
BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P. HD. THESIS.
1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9
1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B
1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3
1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46
MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1925.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TUNNEL PORTAL CAVED-4 LEVELS OF WORKINGS, SHAFT, INCLINES, RAISES, WINZES, STOPES AND DRIFTS, OPEN CUTS AND PITS |
| Deposit | BOTH THE QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE AND THE ORE DEPOSITS ARE THOUGHT TO BE RELATED TO THE SAME MAGMATIC SOURCE |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| 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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