Ute Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101632
MRDS ID D005882
Record type Site
Current site name Ute Mine
Related records 10275941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.07858, 38.53302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES EAST OF LIME MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lime Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(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 026S 011W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4 SEC 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.07858, 38.53302

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ene Trending Overthrust And Overturned Syncline.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Body, Fissures And Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beaver Lake

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bardsley And Jones

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 7.009HA
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 609.6M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ACRES OF DOZER CUTS, SHAFT AND INCLINE TUNNEL N 80 DEG W AT 55 DEG (100 FEET DEEP)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D E, 1961, STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BEAVER LAKE MTNS. MASTERS THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, AND KRUPICKA, D C, 1979 UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references