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Laveta Mine

Past Producer in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
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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. 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. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097987
MRDS ID DB01151
Record type Site
Current site name Laveta Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18106, 38.5233 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF POVERTY FLAT RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(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

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 Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 004W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 SEC. 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Silicification, Alunitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Latite
    Rock description Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18106, 38.5233
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Hills Caldera

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 5.18M
    Depth to bottom 34.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology, Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Energy Fuels

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 232.26M
    Overall depth 34.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERVICED BY SHAFT, WORKINGS INACESSABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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