Strategic Metals Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Silver
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. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010749
MRDS ID D004697
Record type Site
Current site name Strategic Metals Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Pass Canyon Mine, Blue Star Mine
Related records 10129982

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.82496, 38.30525 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Relative position 4 MILES NW 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 029S 009W 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 12.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tactite

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Trending Faults & Shears That Parallel Bedding

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR-IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Composition & Physical Character Of The Limestone Layers, Fractures, Faults, Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURRS IN TACTITE ZONE ALONG CONTACT OF LIMESTONE WITH GRANITE AND ALSO IN SHEAR ZONE THAT EXTENDS 100 FEET INTO LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
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

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period Pre 1944
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR PB, AG: 60 FOOT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945-D., P. 107-110/WITH MAP

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1944 COMPILE HOBBS, S.W. BULL 945-

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE ZONE RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO MORE THAN 30 FT WIDE

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

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