Bwana Ore Body

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275567
MRDS ID D005834
MAS/MILS ID 0490010139
Record type Site
Current site name Bwana Ore Body
Alternate or previous names Bwana Mine
Related records 10101625

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.0739, 38.45306 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
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(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 027 S 011 W 23 SWNW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.0739, 38.45306

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner West Toledo Mining Co
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner American Mining Co.
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UT GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 1973 GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA

  • Deposit

    PUBLICATION NO 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 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.