Blue Mountain

Prospect in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299791
MAS/MILS ID 0490010011
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -113.58412, 38.36666 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamerdorf Peak(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -113.58412, 38.36666

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1995

Comments on exploration

  • "ORE-GRADE GOLD" INTERCEPTS FROM 2 OR 4 HOLES IN A SHALLOW DRILLING PROGRAM: (1) 1.5 M OF 22.3 G/MT AT 68 M DEPTH; (2) 4.5 M OF 2 G/MT AT 12 M AND 3 M OF 4.1 G/MT AT 53 M. ROCK CHIP SURFACE SAMPLING IDENTIFIED A LARGE ZONE OF GOLD MINERALIZATION AT LEAST 1,000 M LONG AND 150 M WIDE, WITH GRADES UP TO 1.2 G/MT. MORE DRILLING TO BE DONE IN 1995.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Centurion Mines Corp.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, JUL 28, 1995, P 60

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, JUL 26, 1995, P 17

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-MAY-1996 Clarke, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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