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Maria Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Reserves and resources
  21. Workings at the site
  22. Links to other databases
  23. Bibliographic references
  24. General comments
  25. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011266
MRDS ID D005833
Record type Site
Current site name Maria Mine
Included sites OK Mine

Comments on the site identification

  • *******SEE OK Mine: Deposit ID 10101379 for detailed info

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06941, 38.45302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF MILFORD

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 011W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 22.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn Zone

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Undiff Diorite
    Rock description Undiff Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Torroweap Formation
    Rock description Torroweap Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.06941, 38.45302
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Structures
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 80S
    Plunge 5
    Plunge direction N
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 22.86M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N Striking Fissure Systems

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1959
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Rocky District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Essex International

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Period Total 1971-74
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1998
    Indicated 614000mt ore
    Remarks at .4% cutoff grade\nMDA estimate, 1998
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 1.25 wt-pct Copper Primary 1998
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1998
    Indicated 569000mt ore
    Remarks at .6% cutoff grade\nMDA estimate, 1998
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 1.31 wt-pct Copper Primary 1998
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1998
    Indicated 417000mt ore
    Remarks at 1% cutoff grade\nMDA estimate, 1998
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 1.49 wt-pct Copper Primary 1998

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 26.285HA
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH OF PIT 200 FT

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY MAGNETIC ANOMOLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Development

    MDA-Western States Engineering, 1998 OK Mine Profect Feasibility Study, Vol. 1 Nevada Star Resource Corp. private report, Dec. 1998

  • Deposit

    WHELAN, J A, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY RANGE: UGMS; IN PRESS

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIT HAS BEEN EXCAVATED DOWN PLUNGE OF THE WEST SIDE OF AN ASSYMETRIC ANTICLINE. MINERALIZATION IS ALONG CONTACT OF DIORITE WITH WORKED FROM 1971-1974.
Deposit MINE WORKED FROM 1960-1973

Reporter information

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

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