Sevier Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088084
MRDS ID DB00552
Record type Site
Current site name Sevier Mine
Related records 10154992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41411, 38.4933 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Relative position 1 MILE EAST OF FISH CREEK MEADOWS 2300 FEET NORTH NORTHEAST OF TIP TOP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Belknap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 005W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.41411, 38.4933

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG E
    Thickness 152.4M
    Length 762M
    Width 21.34M
    Depth to top 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name Gold Mountain Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Annie Laurie Consolidated Mines

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Period 1890 To 1915
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.95 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 27wt-pct
  • Year 1915
    Period 1890 To 1915
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 8g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE CAVED ADITS, AND NUMEROUS PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 P. 28 - 29 .

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., FLOURITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110 , P. 66 .

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references