The Miller Scheelite Claims Mine is a beryllium mine located in Beaver county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Miller Scheelite Claims Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Miller Scheelite Claims Mine
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Granite District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Thulite
Ore: Apatite
Ore: Helvite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Oligoclase
Gangue: Mica
Unknown: Topaz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THIS DEPOSIT IS OF POSSIBLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE
Comment (Deposit): EARLL ( 1957 ) STATES THAT SMALL SHIPMENTS OF BERYLLIUM ORE HAVE BEEN MADE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): EARLL, F. N., 1957 , PH.D. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): SAINSBURY, C. L., 1962 , AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 47 , P. 395 - 398 .
Reference (Deposit): PARK, G. M., 1968 , M. S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A. L., AND BURANEK, A. M., 1945 , UTAH ENG. & EXP STATION BULL. 25 .
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