Norma #3 Claim

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087249
MRDS ID D005888
Record type Site
Current site name Norma #3 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09247, 38.54385 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES EAST OF LIME MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lime Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 011W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4 SEC 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS FISSURE FILLINGS OR AS REPLACEMENT BLEBS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Lime Mtn Dolomite;Beaver Lake Dolomite
    Rock description Lime Mtn Dolomite;Beaver Lake Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.09247, 38.54385

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Compressional Faults Trending N-S

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEINS
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beaver Lake

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.381HA
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SURV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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