Mowitza Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087232
MRDS ID D005796
Record type Site
Current site name Mowitza Mine
Alternate or previous names Anvil Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15108, 38.35107 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position .75 MILES SE OF USMM #4 MARKER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Peak(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 012W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Guilmette Formation;Mowitza Formation (Host)
    Rock description Guilmette Formation;Mowitza Formation (Host)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15108, 38.35107

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N16E
    Dip 40E
    Thickness 1M
    Depth to bottom 60M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zones In Favorable Carbonate Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Moscow Silver Mines

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 610M
    Overall depth 90M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.

  • 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

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references