| Deposit ID | 10010739 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004677 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Estelle Mine |
| Related records | 10178950 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.09913, 38.35413 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1667 |
| Relative position | 5 MILES SW OF MILFORD |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Milford Flat(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 011W | 21 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Toroweap Formation;Kiabab Plympton Undiff |
| Rock description | Toroweap Formation;Kiabab Plympton Undiff |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite |
| (1) | Arcturus Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Star Range |
| General form | IRREGULAR VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | S 45 DEG W |
| Dip | 80 DEG NW |
| Thickness | 0.15M |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| District name | Star |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mark Dodson |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004677 |
ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46
BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P.29-52.
BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6
PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 22
1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80
1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111
1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9
1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B
BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P.HD. THESIS.
1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3
1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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