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Molly Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011325
MRDS ID D005948
Record type Site
Current site name Molly Group
Alternate or previous names Oak Group
Related records 10275995

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.79051, 38.32469 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES N OF MINERSVILLE

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 028S 008W 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Tactite & Skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granitic Intrusives;Rhyolitic Dikes
    Rock description Granitic Intrusives;Rhyolitic Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Meta-Sediments;Callville-Pakoon;Kaibab-Plympton
    Rock description Meta-Sediments;Callville-Pakoon;Kaibab-Plympton

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.79051, 38.32469
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting & Thrusting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rhyolitic Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Granite/Mineral

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. J. Potter
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Garry, Ambrose

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 FULL CLAIMS & 2 FRACTIONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

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