Magnolia Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Molybdenum, 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101545
MRDS ID D004705
Record type Site
Current site name Magnolia Mine
Related records 10202690

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16386, 38.31607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILFORD

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

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 029S 012W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC 02.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Red Warrior Limestone (Guillimet Formation);Callville-Pakoon
    Rock description Red Warrior Limestone (Guillimet Formation);Callville-Pakoon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16386, 38.31607

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Range - Normal Faulting - Thrusting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 85 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG S
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ABOVE POTENTIALS ARE FIGURED FOR THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS WITH THEIR CONFIDENCE INTERVALS: 90% 100T; 75% 200T; 50% 300T; 25% 500T; 10% 1000T.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 396.24M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • LEVELS ARE AT 117, 265, 372 FEET. LEVEL 117 HAS 120 FT OF WORKINGS & A STOPE; LEVEL 265 HAS 495 FT. OF WORKINGS, 2 STOPES & A WINZE; LEVEL 372 HAS 225 FT. OF DRIFTING & A 10 FT DEEP WINZE.

Comments on development

  • MAPPED IN DETAIL BY WHELAN & PERRY, 1973 ORIGINAL WORK ON FILE AT UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MIN SURVEY 606 BLACKHAWK WAY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84108.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46

  • Deposit

    BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P. 29-52.

  • Deposit

    BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 22

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP # 111

  • Deposit

    BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P. HD. THESIS.

  • 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 GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLOSED SINCE 1920

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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