| Deposit ID | 10087222 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005769 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Monte Cristo Mine |
| Related records | 10153886 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.15997, 38.34135 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1867 |
| Relative position | 3500 FT WNW OF PICACHO PEAK |
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)
Federal lands
BLM Administrative Area(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 012W | 26 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Intrusives Undifferientiated |
| Rock description | Intrusives Undifferientiated |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Sevy Dolomite |
| Rock description | Sevy Dolomite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert |
| (1) | Pilot Shale, Guilmette Formation, and Simonson and Sevy Dolomites |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Colorado Plateau/Basin & Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 85E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Star District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 30M |
| Overall depth | 20M |
| Overall length | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005769 |
ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J, A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO, UT, UGMS SPEC S 46
GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973, UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL 3.
PERRY, L, I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22.
BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.
1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80
1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111
1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU STUDIES V 9
1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B
1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3
1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SURV
| 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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