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State Land Prospects

Prospect in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203265
MRDS ID D005805
MAS/MILS ID 0490010050
Record type Site
Current site name State Land Prospects
Related records 10087235

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.1594, 38.32246 (WGS84)
Elevation 1855
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 029 S 012 W 02 NENE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.1594, 38.32246
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 40E
    Length 6M
    Width 0.3M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N15E:40E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Mining district

District name Star

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Melvin Bradshaw Milford
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR OCCURRENCE OWNER ADDRESS: 101 N MAIN STREET ALSO LOCATED SW1/4 SW1/4 SEC 36-T28S-R12W ELEV 1904M PIT 3MX6MX2M UTM GRID FOR SEC 36: 4243800N 311600ME

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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