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Beaver View Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010750
MRDS ID D004698
Record type Site
Current site name Beaver View Mine
Related records 10276166

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.79023, 38.33053 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 5 MILES NORTH OF ADAMSVILLE

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 028S 008N 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 31.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Marble/Scarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Moenkopi Formation (Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Callville-Pakoon;Redwall Formation
    Rock description Moenkopi Formation (Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Callville-Pakoon;Redwall Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.79023, 38.33053
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Faults, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form "LENS-LIKE" IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG E
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 27.43M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Fissures That Follow Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Year of first production 1944

Mining district

District name Granite/Mineral Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mc Garry, Ambrose

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINE SHAFT RUNING EAST WEST DIPS 20 DEG WEST IS 300 FEET LONG AND PARTIALLY STOPED TO THE SURFACE. 2 VERTICAL SHAFTS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET DEEP, SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.,L.,1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY UTAH/WITH MINE MAPS: UGMS REPRINT #56.

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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