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Big Pass Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten
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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 10275962
MAS/MILS ID 0490010001
Record type Site
Current site name Big Pass Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.82609, 38.30437 (WGS84)
Elevation 1958
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 029 S 009 W 12 NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.82609, 38.30437
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 90W
    Thickness 6M
    Length 75.3M
    Area 64HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    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 N30E:90W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 64
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1927

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 Escalante Enterprises, Inc. 2546 S Redwood Rd #3 S. L. C.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 142M
    Overall depth 45M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 6
    Number of Inclines 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 90
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR OCCURRENCE MINERAL RANGE GRANITE UNDERLIES DEPOSIT. ADDITIONAL MINERAL: SCHEELITE; - MOLYBDATE 50 TONS MINED

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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