Quartz Crystal Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Gemstone, Quartz, Beryllium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099349
MRDS ID RE00221
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Crystal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.95862, 39.82966 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 2.1 MI WEST OF IBAPAH PEAK (12087).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibapah Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 019W 35 NE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE ARE GIVEN FOR THE CENTER OF THE AREA. MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS RECORDED. MAXIMUM RELIEF IS 650 FT (198.12 M). ALTITUDE IS 1100 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Quartz Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Ibapah Stock;
    Rock description Ibapah Stock;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.95862, 39.82966

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRYSTAL MINING WAS FROM PEGMATITE IN THE TERTIARY INTRUSIVE QUARTZ MONZONITE THAT FORMS THE IBAPAH STOCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT. THE MINE IS CAVED.

Comments on development

  • CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS AND BERYL CRYSTALS HAVE BEEN MINED FROM A PEGMATITE. THE MINE IS NOW CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SATKOSKI, JACK J., AND SOKASKI, MICHAEL, 1980, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION, NEVADA AND UTAH: REPORT BIA NO. 13-11, P. 31, 34, PLATE 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REMAINING RESOURCE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED BY SATKOSKI AND SOKASKI. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1988 Mayes, Bea Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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