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Bismuth Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Bismuth, Lead, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021143
MRDS ID DC15046
Record type Site
Current site name Bismuth Mine
Alternate or previous names Major Lode, San Francisco Bismuth, Star King Bismuth
Related records 10275872

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.78162, 38.43469 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearskin Mountain(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 027S 008W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY INCLUDES BISMUTH NOS. 1 - 3 AND BISMUTH EXTENSION CLAIMS OR AS THE MINNIE NOS. 1 AND 2 CLAIMS.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.78162, 38.43469
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Limestone Strikes N 35 E, Dip 85 Se.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Granite District

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED CONTAINING 7 - 10 % BI.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS UP TO 40 FT DEEP, A 150 FT LONG ADIT AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH G & MS BULL 110 , P. 4 - 5

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III, P. 534

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TACTITE ZONE IS ABOUT 6 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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