| Deposit ID | 10011284 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005859 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Creole Mine |
| Related records | 10178841 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.88802, 38.2633 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1951 |
| Relative position | 5 MILES WEST OF ADAMSVILLE AND 3 MILES NORTH OF MINERSVILLE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cave Canyon(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
BLM Administrative Area(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 029S | 009W | 29 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Amethyst | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Granite/Lincoln Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Granite/Lincoln Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Kaibab Limestone (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite |
| Rock description | Kaibab Limestone (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert |
| (1) | -112.88802, 38.2633 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Local Faults And Fractures |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30 E |
| Dip | 35 E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| District name | Lincoln District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Karl Truman |
| Year | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1097.28M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005859 |
PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22
REPORT ON THE CREOLE MINE NEAR MINERSVILLE, UTAH; UNPUB. REPORT BY MINERAL SERVICES INC, 1966/W MAPS
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CLOSED IN LATE 60'S WHEN SMELTERS CLOSED. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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