| Deposit ID | 10101625 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005834 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bwana Ore Body |
| Alternate or previous names | Bwana Mine |
| Related records | 10275567 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.07386, 38.45302 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1646 |
| Relative position | 3.75 MILES NW OF MILFORD |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Milford(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 027S | 011W | 22,23 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Brochantite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Grossularite | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Powellite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Tenorite | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Idocrase | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Toroweap Formation |
| Rock description | Toroweap Formation |
| (1) | -113.07386, 38.45302 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Assymetric North Plunging Anticline (Rocky Range) |
| General form | IRREGULAR-VEINS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N65W |
| Dip | 75NE |
| Plunge | 5 |
| Plunge direction | N |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Width | 24.38M |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1960 |
| Discoverer | Cerro Verde Mining Co |
| Year of first production | 1962 |
| District name | Rocky District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | American Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | West Toledo Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 140.186HA |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Overall length | 121.92M |
| Overall width | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005834 |
UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 1973 GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA PUBLICATION NO 3
WHELAN, J.A., THE ROCKY MINING DISTRICT, IN PRESS, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINED OUT: WORKED FROM 1962-68. SOME STOCKPILES OF ORE STILL PRESENT. SOME ORE STILL IN PLACE. |
| Deposit | OXIDIZED PORTIONS AVE 3% CU, THE PRIMARY ORE UNDER 2%. AVE ORE GRADE 2.65% |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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