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Fluorite Mine

Prospect in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Iodine
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10252084
MRDS ID DC14983
MAS/MILS ID 0490310023
Record type Site
Current site name Fluorite Mine
Related records 10108867

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.21858, 38.50187 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(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

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026 S 004 W 27 SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iodine Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.21858, 38.50187
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M
    Width 221553M
    Area 8.09HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8.0899
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Durkee Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Verde Nuclear Inc.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 15.2
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN TRACEABLE 400FT MAX. 2FT THICK-ASSUME 1FT AVE AND 100FT GIVES 3500 TONS INFERRED OR

Reporter information

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

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