Beaver-Harrison #1

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087244
MRDS ID D005829
Record type Site
Current site name Beaver-Harrison #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13691, 38.49413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position .75 MILE WEST OF BLUE ACRE TOWNSITE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 011W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 06

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Undiff;Volcanics Undiff
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Undiff;Volcanics Undiff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13691, 38.49413

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Beaver Lake Mtns

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1985
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Beaver Lake Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Beaver-Harrison Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS OLD MINE HAS A VERY SMALL DUMP & THE SHAFT IS SHALLOW & CAVED. WORKINGS COULDN'T BE MORE THAN A FEW HUNDREDS OF FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 60 FOOT TEST SHAFT
Deposit A SECOND SHAFT (INCLINE) LOCATED IN NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 SEC 7 T27S R11W FOLLOWS AN OXIDIZED ZONE OF VOLCANICS TO A DEPTH OF 100 FEET AND APARENTLY ENDS. NO ORE WAS FOUND AT THE SURFACE. ROCK IS VOLCANIC ANDESITE STAINED BRIGHT ORANGE/YELLOW OCHRE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1980'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references