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Freedom No.1 Mine

Producer in Piute 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227136
MAS/MILS ID 0490310006
Record type Site
Current site name Freedom No.1 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.21358, 38.49747 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(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 Piute

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.21358, 38.49747
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 85N
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 274M
    Width 183M
    Area 8.09HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N60E:85N
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8.0899
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1949

Mining district

District name Durkee Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pratt Seegmiller
    Home office Utah
    Year 1974

Comments on the ownership information

  • OPTIONED FALL 1974 TO ANACONDA CO. SLC UTAH MINOR OCCURRENCE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 16100M
    Overall depth 143M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE W/CUT AND FILL
    Swell Factor .56
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Length of Inclines (m) 42
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

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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