Creole Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth, Silver, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011284
MRDS ID D005859
Record type Site
Current site name Creole Mine
Related records 10178841

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.88802, 38.2633 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF ADAMSVILLE AND 3 MILES NORTH OF MINERSVILLE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 009W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite/Lincoln Stock
    Rock description Granite/Lincoln Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.88802, 38.2633

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30 E
    Dip 35 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Lincoln District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Karl Truman

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1097.28M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 OLD SHAFTS, AN INCLINE, AND A HAULAGE TUNNEL, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, STOPES

Comments on development

  • PRIOR TO 1916 ONLY SMALL SHIPMENTS OF HIGH GRADE COPPER, GOLD AND SILVER ORE WERE MADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON THE CREOLE MINE NEAR MINERSVILLE, UTAH; UNPUB. REPORT BY MINERAL SERVICES INC, 1966/W MAPS

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLOSED IN LATE 60'S WHEN SMELTERS CLOSED.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references