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Saint Mary's Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251004
MAS/MILS ID 0490010082
Record type Site
Current site name Saint Mary's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.15, 38.33246 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
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

Picacho Peak(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)

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 028 S 012 W 36 SESENW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.15, 38.33246
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.5M
    Length 75M
    Width 30M
    Area 40HA
    Depth to top 20M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles L. Alexander
    Interest 100
    Home office North Dakota
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 450M
    Overall depth 50M
    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 3
    Length of Inclines (m) 30
    Slope of Inclines 30
    Number of Inclines 2
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 50
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings SEALED
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey U.S. Bureau of Mines

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