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Lydia Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021167
MRDS ID DC15114
Record type Site
Current site name Lydia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13747, 38.34385 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position EAST OF MAMMOTH CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 011W 30 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13747, 38.34385
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Quartzite Strikes N - S Dip 45 - 50 E. A Fissure Strikes N - S, Dip 45 W.

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Star District

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARLOADS OF LEAD - SILVER ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINE SHAFT 175 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S., 1913 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF SAN FRANCISCO REGION: USGS PROF PAPER 80 , P. 206

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-27-1958

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

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