| Deposit ID | 10087099 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004706 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sundown Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Sundown Claims 1 & 2 |
| Related records | 10129913 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.08052, 38.36552 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1599 |
| Relative position | 4 MILES (BY ROAD) SW OF MILFORD |
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
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 | 011W | 22 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Tailsman Quartzite (Host) | ||||||
| Rock description | Tailsman Quartzite (Host) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium |
| (1) | -113.08052, 38.36552 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Star Range |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 DEG E |
| Dip | 60 DEG E |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Length | 45.72M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Depth to top | 0.91M |
| Depth to bottom | 27.43M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Star |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Victor S. Littlefield |
| First year | 1977 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 293.52M |
| Overall depth | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004706 |
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, J.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
1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9
1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B
BAETCKE, G. B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P. HD. THESIS.
1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. # 3
1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES # 46
EVERTS, M.L. 1979, GEOLOGIST
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 2 SHAFTS, 2 INCLINES, AVE LENGTH 135 FT AT SLOPE 50 DEG. 2 VEINS: 3" VEIN AT 65 FT FROM PORTAL N 35 DEG W AT 45 DEG NW; 4" VEIN AT 80 FT FROM QUARTZITE - INTRUSIVE CONTACT N 50 DEG W AT 76 DEG NE |
| 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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