Strategic Metals Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129982
MRDS ID D004697
MAS/MILS ID 0490010275
Record type Site
Current site name Strategic Metals Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Pass, Pass Canyon Mine, Blue Star Mine
Related records 10010749

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.82499, 38.30527 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adamsville(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 029 S 009 W 12 SWNWNW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Kaibab Limestone and Toroweap Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mc Garry, Ambrose
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBBS SW 1944 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF BEAVER CO UT USGS BULL 94

  • Deposit

    5-D P.107-110 WITH MAP

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD AL 1957 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE BEAV

  • Deposit

    ER CO UT WITH MINE MAPS: UGMS REPRINT NO 56

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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