J B Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250980
MAS/MILS ID 0490010055
Record type Site
Current site name J B Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.79412, 38.17716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
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

Pinto Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 030 S 017 W 30 NENENW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.79412, 38.17716

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 75N
    Thickness 30M
    Length 125M
    Width 2.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N50E:75N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820712

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Year of first production 1942

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mortensen, Bart W.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold-Spor Mining Co.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner Candelaria Metals, Inc.
    Home office California

Comments on the ownership information

  • LEASED TO CANDELARIA; GOLD-SPOR WOULD OPERATE.

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Description Shipped To Mill @ Milford, Grade Unknown 27 Aprox. Mt Ore In 1942, 43
  • Year 1973
    Description Milled @ Site, 17% Recovery Of Caf2; 22680 Approx. Mt Ore In 1972,73
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 22680mt 17wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINED BY DALE ASLETT (TWIN FALLS, ID) IN 1972 & 73; TONNAGE AMOUNT BY CHAD SPOR (DELTA, UT). EXPLORATION WORK IN 1943 & 44 BY US BURMINES (RI 4726); FIVE HOLES DRILLED IN 1981 BY GOLD-SPOR; SHOWED SOME CAF2.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UGMS BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    110, DEC. 1976.

  • Deposit

    THURSTIN, W.R. AND OTHERS, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 1005, 1954.

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D. & S.R. WILSON, INVESTIGATION OF THE J.B.

  • Deposit

    FLUORITE DEPOSIT, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, USBM RI 4726, 1950

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EVALUATED BY UGMS IN 1975 & 1981 SEE COUGAR SPAR, 0490010053, FOR INFORMATING RELATING TO THE FOLLOWING; QUANTITY OF RESOURCE, DEVELOPMENT, SURFACE MINING AND ENVIRONMENT. PIT 75MX15MX9M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Soper, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references