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Freedom No. 2 Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130242
MAS/MILS ID 0490310025
Record type Site
Current site name Freedom No. 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.21298, 38.50027 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027 S 003 W 04 NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.21298, 38.50027
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N81E
    Dip 27S
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 226M
    Area 65HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N81E:27S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 65
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1949

Mining district

District name Durkee Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pratt Seegmiller
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 92M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR OCCURRENCE SIX LEVELS IN MINE LEASED FALL OF 1974 TO ANACONDA CO. OF SLC UTAH ALSO LOCATED IN T26S R4W SECT26 SW1/4 SECOND VEIN STRIKES N54E AND DIPS55-90 SOUTH ALSO IN AN ASSOCIATED GRANITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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