| Deposit ID | 10011287 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005863 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cave Mine Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Chief Group, Consolidated 1-5, Iron Duke |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.92663, 38.38885 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1957 |
| Relative position | 1 MILE WEST OF BRADSHAW MTN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ranch 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
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 | 029S | 010W | 12 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Aurichalcite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock |
| Rock description | Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Callville-Pakoon (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Redwall Formation |
| Rock description | Callville-Pakoon (Principal Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Redwall Formation |
| (1) | -112.92663, 38.38885 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | North To Nw Trending Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 75 NE |
| Thickness | 9.14M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1859 |
| Year of first production | 1871 |
| District name | Bradshaw District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005863 |
PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22
HUNTLEY, D B, 1885, PRECIOUS METALS IN THE US, 10TH CENSUS V 13, P 474-475.
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOWER WORKINGS OF THE MINE ARE SEPARATED BY A CARBONATE SEQUENCE THAT IS UNCONFORMABLY BELOW THE CALLVILLE-PAKOON. ORE OCCURRS ENTIRELY ON THE BOTTOMS OF CAVES. 5 LARGE CAVES & 15 SMALLER ONES HAVE BEEN FOUND. THE CAVES ARE INNER-CONNECTED. THE LARGEST CAVE IS 120 X 30 X 20 FT. |
| Deposit | WORKED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL 1907 WITH MOST OF THE ORE BEING PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1880. ORE VALUE TO 1885 VALUED AT $270,000. LAST PRODUCTION 1949 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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