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Theodora Mine 1-7

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094365
MRDS ID D005768
Record type Site
Current site name Theodora Mine 1-7
Related records 10251283

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13358, 38.33913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 1 MILE EAST OF USMM #3

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 011W 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleached

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Volcanics
    Rock description Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab Formation;Toroweap Formation (Host)
    Rock description Kaibab Formation;Toroweap Formation (Host)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13358, 38.33913
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS AT BASE OF THICK VOLCANIC PILE WHICH FORMS PROMINENT HILLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner James D Williams

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.009HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL QUARRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AGE OF MINERALIZATION IS UNCERTAIN

Reporter information

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

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