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Atlas Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. 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 10101622
MRDS ID D005802
Record type Site
Current site name Atlas Mine
Related records 10226871

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14219, 38.33857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position 6 MILES SW OF MILFORD

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 012W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Callville-Pakoon Undiff;Redwall Limestone (Guillimet Formation)
    Rock description Callville-Pakoon Undiff;Redwall Limestone (Guillimet Formation)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14219, 38.33857
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range; Sever Orogenic Thrust Belt.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Star Mtns

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEINS
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 55 NE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • East-West Trending Fissure System Fissure Veins In Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hazel D Johnson (Texas)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.114HA
    Length 406.3M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 396.24M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTING AND CROSSCUTS AND A 200 FOOT SHAFT, 2 ADITS AVE 33 FT, WINZES, RAISES, AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC STUDY 46

  • Deposit

    BAER, J L, 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V 9, PT 2, P 29-52.

  • Deposit

    BAER, J L, 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL NO 3 P 6

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT NO 22

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UT P HD THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU GEOL STUDIES V 9

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UGA PUBLICATION #3

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SP ST 46

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED CLAIM (1976) HAZEL D JOHNSON TEXAS. MINE HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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