Imperial Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087279
MRDS ID D005999
Record type Site
Current site name Imperial Mine
Related records 10178925

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.29025, 38.46385 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 1/4 MILE NW OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 013W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4; SECTION 15.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnetization, Skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Cactus Stock
    Rock description Granodiorite Cactus Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pogonip Formation Undiff (Host)
    Rock description Pogonip Formation Undiff (Host)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.29025, 38.46385

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal (N-S) Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Frisco

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.75% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1945 COMPILE HOBBS, USGS BULL 945-D

  • Deposit

    1961 COMPILE USBM INF CIR #8014

  • 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