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Lost Sheep Prospect

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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299873
MRDS ID D005942
MAS/MILS ID 0490010056
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Sheep Prospect
Related records 10087266

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.88612, 38.18806 (WGS84)
Elevation 2249
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atchison Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(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 018 W 20 NESENW 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) -113.88612, 38.18806
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 90E
    Length 8M
    Width 0.1M
    Area 8HA
    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. NONE
    Strike And Dip N00S:90E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 820804

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mining district

District name Washington

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H Haslam
    Home office Cedar City, Ut
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UGMS ECON. FILES 1979, CRIB 1, ATCHINSON CREEK 2.

  • Deposit

    THURSTON, W.R., M.H. STAATZ, D.C. COX & OTHERS, FLUORSPAR

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULLETIN 1005 (PAGE 16) 1954.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, KENNETH C., FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UGMS

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 110, 1976.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR OCCURRENCE SEE COUGAR SPAR, 0490010053, FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF 4 OTHER MINES IN THIS WASHINGTON MINING DISTRICT. FOUR CLAIMS WERE STAKED IN 1942, LEASED IN 1943 AND SOME EXPLORATION WORK DONE THRU AN ADIT TILL 1946. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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