Producer

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
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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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130534
MAS/MILS ID 0490010029
Record type Site
Current site name Producer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.57941, 38.23666 (WGS84)
Elevation 2229
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

The Tetons(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 030 S 015 W 06 NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.57941, 38.23666

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780615

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Pine Grove

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lowder, Frank B.
    Home office Delta, Ut
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 61M
    Overall depth 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method TIMBERED STOPES
    Swell Factor .56
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR OCCURRENCE ALSO LOCATED SW 1/4 SEC 31-T29S-R15W DEPOSIT OCCURS AS PODS & LENSES ORE ALSO IN SEVY DOLOMITE-DEVONIAN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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