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Cougar Spar

Past Producer 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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299886
MRDS ID DC12612
MAS/MILS ID 0490010053
Record type Site
Current site name Cougar Spar
Related records 10108560

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.84302, 38.21186 (WGS84)
Elevation 2342
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

Federal(land status)

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 10 NESE 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) -113.84302, 38.21186
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N36W
    Dip 75W
    Thickness 24M
    Length 200M
    Width 7M
    Area 16HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N36W:75W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 820713

Comments on the geologic information

  • AMOUNT OF MINERALS IS AN ESTIMATE OF THE COMPOSITE OF ORES FROM THE 4 MINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1937
Mining method Strip-Hillside
Year of first production 1941
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Washington

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold-Spor Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNERSHIP IS FOR COUGAR SPAR ONLY.

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Description 40% Caf2, Fr Surf. & Ug.Milled @ Milford 544 Total Mt Ore In 1941 & 42
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 544mt 40wt-pct
  • Year 1945
    Description 42% Caf2, Produced 3323 Mt Conc. @ 87% 14474 Total Mt Ore In 1944 & 45
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Conc. Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 14474mt 42wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 90 T/D CAPACITY IS FOR 74 T/D ORE AND 16 T/D TAILINGS. UNIT PRODUCTION COST IS BASED ON THIS 90 MT/DY.
  • FOR COUGAR SPAR ONLY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TONNAGES SHOWN IN C1 (M1,M3,M4) INCLUDE C2, BUT ARE DIFFERENT IN AMOUNT AND GRADE. THEY ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY AS C2 IS USED FOR THIS EVALUATION. THE QUANTITY OF ORE TO BE PROCESSED IS ESTIMATED TO BE 80% OF THE TOTAL INDICATED ORE IN THE 4 MINES (M1C2) PLUS 100% OF THE EXISTING TAILINGS (M2C1). M9C4=M1C2. M9C5=M2C1. M2C1 IS THE QUANTITY OF EXISTING TAILINGS AT THE J.B. (8440 MT @ 38.5% CAF2) AND THE COUGAR SPAR (8160 MT @ 30% CAF2). M1C2=M3C2+M4C2+M5C2+M6C2 M1C2 IS THE SUM OF M3C2 (COUGAR SPAR) + M4C2 (J.B.) + M5C2 (UTAH) + M6C2 (BLUE BELL).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Percent Waste Rock 84.5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 74
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 28.07
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 175
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE AREA POTENTIALLY DISTURBED IS TOTAL OF 8 HECTARES FOR THE 4 MINES PLUS 8 HECTARES FOR THE MILL AND TAILINGS.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE GRADE IS A COMPOSITE OF ORE OF THE 4 MINES AND THE EXISTING TAILINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CORY, BRIAN, GEOLOGIST, CANDELARIA METALS, INC., LESSEE OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    PROPERTIES, 714-872-1311.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UG&MS, 1976

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FLUORITE DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO., UTAH USBMRI 4726, SEPT.1950

  • Deposit

    FREY, EUGENE, BLUE BELL FLUORITE DEPOSITS, BEAVER CO., UTAH

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4091, JULY 1947

  • Deposit

    THURSTON, W. R., FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BUL. 1005

  • Deposit

    1954

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F. D. & S. R. WILSON, INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COUGAR

  • Deposit

    SPAR FLUORITE DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO., UTAH USBM RI 4820 11-51

  • Deposit

    SNEDDEN, H. D., J.V.BATTY, W.J.LONG & K.C.DEAN; CONCENTRA

  • Deposit

    TION OF UTAH FLUORITE ORES, USBM RI 4143, DEC. 1947

  • Deposit

    SPOR, CHAD; DELTA, (801-864-3366), PRESIDENT OF.GOLD-

  • Deposit

    SPOR MINING CO., OPERATOR OF THE PROPERTIES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS OF MINERALIZATION ARE THEORETICAL AND ARE FOR ALL 4 MINES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-96 Soper, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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