Mid Star Prospect

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087224
MRDS ID D005774
Record type Site
Current site name Mid Star Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09636, 38.39579 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position 1.5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MOLLIES NIPPLE WELL AND 1.25 MILES EAST OF VABM 6397

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(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 011W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 09.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Marble

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Intrusives Undifferientiated
    Rock description Intrusives Undifferientiated
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab-Plympton;Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Kaibab-Plympton;Moenkopi Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.09636, 38.39579

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Colorado Plateau/Basin And Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, SMALL DOZER PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J, A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO, UT, UGMS SPEC S 46

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973, UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL 3.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L, I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22.

  • Deposit

    BAER, J L, 1962, GEOL OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B Y U STUDIES, V 9, PART 2, P 29-52.

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU STUDIES V 9

  • Deposit

    BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UTAH P HD THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.