Unknown Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101633
MRDS ID D005890
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10608, 38.5369 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position EAST 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

  • SE 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4; SECTION 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleached White, Pink

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 97-26-1 LOCATION SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 20, IS GRAB FROM DUMP WAS WHITE-PINK-LIGHT GRAY ORTHO QUARTZITE WITH CALCITE CEMENT, ANALYSE FOR AU, MN, MO. SAMPLE 97-26-2 LOCATION SE 1/4, SW 1/4, NE SECTION 20 FROM DUMP IN FRONT OF ADIT, BLACK METALIC ORE ANALSE FOR PB, ZN, AG, AU, MO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite;Volcanic Flows
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite;Volcanic Flows
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lime Mtn (Laketown) Dolomite;Beaver Lake Dolomite
    Rock description Lime Mtn (Laketown) Dolomite;Beaver Lake Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10608, 38.5369

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 Compressive Thrusts

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 55 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAMPLE TAKEN FROM DUMP 97-26-1 DESCRIPTION ON BACK

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FOOT SHAFT WITH HOIST AND ENGINES STILL INTACT, AND A HOMESTEAD SHACK.

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 INVES: 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.