Blue Spar Mine

Producer in Grand 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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  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 10155094
MRDS ID W027197
MAS/MILS ID 0490190176
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Spar Mine
Related records 10078690

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.09129, 38.87248 (WGS84)
Elevation 1747
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Westwater Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 022 S 025 E 24 SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.09129, 38.87248

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N68E
    Dip 70N
    Length 15M
    Width 0.4M
    Area 8HA
    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 FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N68E:70N
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gerald Laughter
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Year of Information 1975
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 37M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 31
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR OCCURRENCE VEIN MINED 50.8 METRIC TONS SHIPPED ALSO LOCATED IN T22S R26E SECT. 19 SW 1/4 CUT 15M LONG BY 3M WIDE

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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