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Schoo Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Pumice
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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 10101638
MRDS ID D005993
Record type Site
Current site name Schoo Mine
Related records 10154247

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.82386, 38.48635 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 1.3 MILES NW OF BAILEY MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(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 027S 009W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRUSHED STONE AGGREGATE

Alteration

  • (Local) Baked

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Volcanics Undiff;Granitic Stock Undiff
    Rock description Volcanics Undiff;Granitic Stock Undiff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Pcamb Gneisses, Schists, Migmatites Undiff
    Rock description Pcamb Gneisses, Schists, Migmatites Undiff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.82386, 38.48635
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Fractures, Folds

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Volcanics Extruded From 3 Cones: Bear Skin Mtn & 2 Unnamed Cones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Ed Schoo (Deceased)

Mining district

District name Granite/Mineral Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Henery Schoo

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.219HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 152.4M

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 Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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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