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Unknown Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010721
MRDS ID D004629
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.85024, 38.51802 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position 12 MILES SOUTH OF ANTELOPE SPRING, 15 MILES NE OF MILFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinnacle Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(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 026S 009W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Iron

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.85024, 38.51802
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults & Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG S
    Plunge 50 DEG
    Plunge direction NORTH-WEST
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Contact Of Granodiorite Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS AT THE CONTACT OF A GRANODIORITE DIKE (5 FT THICK) THAT STRIKES N 75 DEG W & 75 DEG S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Antelope/Roosevelt Hot Springs

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 21.34M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOTHER SMALL DIKE (2 FT THK) INTERSECTS WORKINGS AT THE PORTAL & STRIKES N 10 DEG E, 45 DEG SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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