Rebel Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Copper
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 10087094
MRDS ID D004693
Record type Site
Current site name Rebel Mine
Alternate or previous names Little May Lilly
Related records 10129976

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10302, 38.39385 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF MILFORD AND 3/8 MILE NORTH OF THE HARINGTON 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)

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 011W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC 09.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Mica Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silification, Marbleization, Kaolinitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Kaibab-Plympton (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Kaibab-Plympton (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Moenkopi Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10302, 38.39385

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Range(Ne Plunging Anticline)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/PARALLEL WITH FISSURE
    Strike N70 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG S
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Proximity To Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAVORABLE BEDS ARE A SERIES OF INTERBEDDED LIMESTONES, CALCAREOUS SHALES, AND HIGHLY SILICEOUS SHALES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dwight, Holloran, Galloway

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS-4 ADITS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS & PITS

Comments on development

  • 1954, 56 ASSAY FROM GRAB SAMPLE OF HEMIMORPHITE ORE FROM OPEN CUT & DUMPS: AG=0.07 OZ/TON, PB=9.4% ZN=41.4% AU=0.005 OZ/T

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABOU-ZEID, S. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUAD., STAR DISTRICT BEAVER CO., UTAH: U.G.M.S. SPEC.STUD. NO. 46

  • Deposit

    BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV. GEOL. STUDIES V. 9 PT. 2, P. 29-52

  • Deposit

    BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOC. PUB. NO. 3, P. 6

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22

  • Deposit

    WRAY, W.B., 1965, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REBEL MINE AREA, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UNPUBLISHED HONORS BS DISSERTATION, 89 P.

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

  • Production

    WRAY, UGA PUBLIC. #3, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAVED AT PORTAL
Deposit LITTLE MAY LILLY ADIT (300 FT) IN DARK GRAY LIMESTONE AND SOME LIGHT TAN TO WHITE QUARTZITE. POSTED AFFADIT OF ASSESSMENT DATED 1956 BY LITTLE MAY MINING CO. NO ORE MINERALS FOUND ON THE DUMB. THE BACK ON THE ADIT WAS CAVED.

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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External references