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Bismuth Mine

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 10275872
MRDS ID DC15046
MAS/MILS ID 0490010037
Record type Site
Current site name Bismuth Mine
Related records 10021143

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.80049, 38.32937 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
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

Adamsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(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 028 S 008 W 31 C Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Kaibab Limestone and Toroweap Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 85E
    Length 151M
    Width 2M
    Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N35E:85E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Granite District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

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 Underground
    Length 75M
    Overall depth 12M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 45
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR OCCURRENCE OWNER ADDRESS: 101 N MAIN STREET 84751 MINERAL RANGE GRANITE UNDERLIES DEPOSIT

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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