Sheeprock Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Aluminum, Potassium, Gold
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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009246
MRDS ID D002014
Record type Site
Current site name Sheeprock Mine
Related records 10300351

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5694, 38.38053 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES WEST SW OF TANNER MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pole Mountain(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

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 006W 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Potassium Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Pyrite, Sericitic Alteration

Analytical data

Result 2 X-RAY SAMPLES INDICATE 27% ALUNITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Mt. Belknap Rhyolite
    Rock description Mt. Belknap Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.5694, 38.38053

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt, Marysvale Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Nne To N-S Striking, Down-To-The-West Normalfaults

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N20 DEG S
    Dip 60-70 DEG E
    Thickness 85.34M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALUNITE FORMED BY REPLACEMENT OF ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer W.A. Wilson

Mining district

District name Newton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Alunite Ore Aluminum Aluminum 30wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OR THREE SHAFTS, ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM,C.G., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER NE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U. S. GEOL. -SURVEY MAP MF-1191

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, A. E., 1982, VOLCANOGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS: MINOBRAS PUBLICATION, AVAILABLE FROM MINOBRAS, P. O. BOX 262-, DANA POINT, CA., 92629

  • Deposit

    1910 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PUB

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON LOUGHLIN, PUB

  • Deposit

    1940 RECON USBM: PUB

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOMAP CALLAGHAN & WILLARD, MAP

  • Deposit

    BUTLER & OTHERS, 1920.^253 LOUGHLIN, 1915.^253 CALLAGHAN,1938, 1973, 1961.^253 THOENEN, 1941.

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.

External references