Utah Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275708
MRDS ID D004645
MAS/MILS ID 0490010058
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Mine
Related records 10010729

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.80302, 38.17186 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 030 S 018 W 25 NESENE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.80302, 38.17186

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 90W
    Thickness 30M
    Length 130M
    Width 3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N45E:90W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820804

Comments on the geologic information

  • AMOUNT IS FROM CHANNEL SAMPLE TAKEN FROM VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Year of first production 1939

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mortensen, Bart W.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold-Spor Mining Co.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner Candelaria Metals, Inc.
    Home office California
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • GOLD-SPOR WOULD CONTRACT WITH THE LEASEHOLDER, CANDELARIA.

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Description According To Bullock: (Before 1940) 653 Metric Tons/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 653mt
  • Year 1942
    Description Mined From 2nd Shaft & Drift. 300 Metric Tons/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 300mt

Comments on the production information

  • THREE HOLES WERE DRILLED BY GOLD-SPOR IN 1981 WHICH ENCOUNTERED FLUORSPAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UGMS BULLENTIN

  • Deposit

    110, DEC. 1976.

  • Deposit

    THURSTIN, W.R. AND OTHERS, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 1005, 1954

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMER EVAULUATION BY UGMS IN 1980 SEE COUGAR SPAR, 0490010053, FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FOLLOWING: QUANTITY OF RESOURCE, DEVELOPMENT, SURFACE MINING AND ENVIRONMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Soper, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references