| Deposit ID | 10011335 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005985 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Beaver Tungsten Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Oak Claim Garnet Mines Juniper Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.79135, 38.33941 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF MUD SPRING |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 008W | 30 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Result | SCHEELITE CONTENT OF EXPOSED TACTITE IS LESS THAN 0.2% WO3, ALTHOUGH A FEW SMALL POCKETS OF MATERIAL CONTAINING FROM 0.5-1.0% WO3 HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED |
|---|
| 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 | Moenkopi Formation;Kaibab Ls;Callville-Pakoon (Principal Host) |
| Rock description | Moenkopi Formation;Kaibab Ls;Callville-Pakoon (Principal Host) |
| (1) | -112.79135, 38.33941 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N-Trending Faults |
| General form | VEIN LIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 E |
| Dip | 75 NW |
| Thickness | 12.19M |
| Length | 109.73M |
| Width | 39.62M |
| Depth to top | 6.1M |
| Depth to bottom | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| Year of first production | 1943 |
| District name | Granite Mineral Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Beaver Tungsten Mines Inc |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | James Mcgarry |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.044HA |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Overall length | 15.24M |
| Overall width | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005985 |
HOBBS, S W, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF BEAVER CO UT: USGS BULL 945-D
CRAWFORD, A L, 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH/WITH MINE MAP: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY, REPORT #56
1945 COMPILE HOBBS - REF #
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1940'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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