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Etta

Producer in Piute 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251776
MRDS ID DC14542
MAS/MILS ID 0490310004
Record type Site
Current site name Etta
Related records 10020971

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.21968, 38.49557 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(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 Piute

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.21968, 38.49557
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Length 61M
    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. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N53E:
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1949

Mining district

District name Durkee Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Foote Minerals Inc.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • MINOR OCCURRENCE LEASED TO VERDE NUCLEAR INC. SUBSIDIARY OF PHELPS DODGE CORP

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 183M
    Overall depth 75M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Reporter information

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

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