U-Beva Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10021155
MRDS ID DC15084
Record type Site
Current site name U-Beva Mine
Alternate or previous names H & H #2
Related records 10178482

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52023, 38.38303 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position 6,000 FT EAST OF TANNER MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pole 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

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 006W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Advanced Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Mt Belnap Rhyolite;Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Mt Belnap Rhyolite;Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.52023, 38.38303

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin/Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN-FLAT-TABULAR
    Strike N60-70W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures Along Planes Of Weakness

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Newton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.1% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.013HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL DOZER CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT #1538 FROM CRIB # D.C. 15084

  • Deposit

    USAEC ORE RES. STUDY FROM CRIB # DC 15084

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., PARKER R.L. 1961, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE BEAVER QUAD., BEAVER CO., UTAH USGS MAP MF202

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1967, URANIUM DISTRICTS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: UT. GEOL. SOC., NO. 21, P. 117.

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 34 CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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