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Fluorite Virginia Prospect

Past Producer in Beaver 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276173
MAS/MILS ID 0490010043
Record type Site
Current site name Fluorite Virginia Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.1652, 38.32686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1771
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

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 35 SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.1652, 38.32686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 30S
    Length 12M
    Width 1M
    Area 16HA
    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. NONE
    Strike And Dip N30W:30S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Mining district

District name Star

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gerold J Gillins
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • 100 TONS PRODUCED EARLY 1940:S - NO FURTHER POTENTIAL PIT 12MX2.5MX1.5M

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Year of Information 1975

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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