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Opal Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087096
MRDS ID D004699
Record type Site
Current site name Opal Mine
Related records 10130311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.86913, 38.46663 (WGS84)
Elevation 1759
Relative position 6 MILES NE OF MILFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearskin Mountain(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 009W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 16.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.86913, 38.46663
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description North Trending Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 40 DEG SE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures & A North Trending Normal Fault Tracable For 3 Miles

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEST BLOCK OF FAULT IS UPLIFTED & DISPLACED 20 FT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.219HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 1973 GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA PUBLICATION NO. 3

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

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

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