Skylark Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087250
MRDS ID D005891
Record type Site
Current site name Skylark Mine
Related records 10250968

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11469, 38.53635 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position SOUTH SLOPE 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

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 026S 011W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SE 1/4, NW 1/4 SEC 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite;Volcanics
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite;Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lime Mtn (Laketown) Dolomite;Beaver Lake Dolomite
    Rock description Lime Mtn (Laketown) Dolomite;Beaver Lake Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.11469, 38.53635

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Normal And Thrust Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike S 60 W
    Dip 85 N
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 518.16M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

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/Underground
    Area 0.119HA
    Length 413.31M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 413.31M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 ADITS, 4 SHAFTS, PITS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, STOPES, WINZES

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: UT 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.

External references