Vicksburg Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. 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. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227198
MAS/MILS ID 0490010087
Record type Site
Current site name Vicksburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.0927, 38.35916 (WGS84)
Elevation 1656
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

Milford Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028 S 011 W 21 NWNWSE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Sulfur Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.0927, 38.35916

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 30M
    Width 15M
    Area 55HA
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N10E:60W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 55
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Year of first production 1872

Mining district

District name Star

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner West Toledo Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Newhouse Bldg, Salt Lake City, Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 540M
    Overall depth 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 4
    Length of Inclines (m) 30
    Slope of Inclines 45
    Number of Inclines 6
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    R.I. 4642 BY BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE BY UGM

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA BY UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 80 BY BUTLER DATED 1913 PAGES 115 & 206

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 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.

External references