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High Ore Mine

Past 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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227529
MAS/MILS ID 0490190174
Record type Site
Current site name High Ore Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.24289, 38.53919 (WGS84)
Elevation 3322
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

Mount Waas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026 S 024 E 14 SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.24289, 38.53919
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E00W
    Dip 80N
    Length 33M
    Width 0.9M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip E00W:80N
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 790824

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Miners Basin District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Unclaimed At Present
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 142M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 42
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UGMS ECON FILES CRIB 19-POLAR MESA-5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR OCCURRENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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