Maud S. Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Iron
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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087233
MRDS ID D005798
Record type Site
Current site name Maud S. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09941, 38.36024 (WGS84)
Elevation 1686
Relative position 5 MILES SW OF MILFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford Flat(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 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 21.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DUMP ASSAY 1968: TRACE OF AU, 2.1 OZ AG/T, PB NOT DETERMINED, CU NOT DETERMINED, 0.60% ZN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Marblization And Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Intrusive Undiff
    Rock description Granodiorite Intrusive Undiff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Toroweap Formation;Kaibab-Plympton Undiff
    Rock description Toroweap Formation;Kaibab-Plympton Undiff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.09941, 38.36024

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Range With Ne Striking Fissures And Favorable Limestone Beds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEINS
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 70 W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 50.29M
    Width 50.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Striking Fissures Near Granodiorite Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Premier Mining Co.
    First year 1926
  • Type Owner
    Owner Maud S. Ferguson

Comments on the production information

  • THERE WAS SERVERAL CAR LOADS OF GOOD ORE SHIPPED IN 1925 WITH $20,000 WORTH OF ORE ON THE DUMPS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • DISTURBED SURFACE AREA = 35 ACRES

Comments on development

  • 2 SHAFTS, RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, & PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, JA, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC STUDY 46

  • Deposit

    BAER, J L, 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V 9, PT 2, P 29-52.

  • Deposit

    BAER, J L, 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH; UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL NO 3 P 6

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT NO 22

  • Deposit

    BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU GEOL STUDIES V 9

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

  • Production

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW OCT 3, 1925

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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