| Deposit ID | 10087245 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005832 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Montreal Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Niagara Falls Tunnel |
| Related records | 10300117 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.06413, 38.45024 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1646 |
| Relative position | 4 MILES NW OF MILFORD |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Milford(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 027S | 011W | 23 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Undiff Intrusive-Quartz Monzonite;Undiff Volcanics-Porphyritic Andesites | ||||
| Rock description | Undiff Intrusive-Quartz Monzonite;Undiff Volcanics-Porphyritic Andesites | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite |
| Rock unit name | Kaibab-Plympton Undiff;Torroweap Formation |
| Rock description | Kaibab-Plympton Undiff;Torroweap Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert |
| (1) | -113.06413, 38.45024 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range/Thrust Belt/Plateau Transition |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Assymetric North Plunging Anticline (Rocky Range) |
| General form | LENS/POD |
|---|---|
| Plunge | 70 DEG |
| Plunge direction | N60W |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1912 |
| District name | Rocky |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 365.76M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005832 |
WHELAN, J A, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY RANGE: UGMS IN PRESS
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINED OUT: MINED FROM: 1912, 1940-48, 1949, 1951, 1953-1957 |
| 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 |
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