The Union Oil, Utah State 42-7 Well is a geothermal mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,450 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)
Commodity: Geothermal
Lat, Long: 38.56861, -112.56694
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Union Oil, Utah State 42-7 Well MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Union Oil, Utah State 42-7 Well
Secondary: Utah State Lease # 29558
Commodity
Primary: Geothermal
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Sulphurdale
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Owner Name: Union Oil Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin/Plateau Transition Zone
Type: L
Description: Local N S Trending High Angle Faults And Low Angle Glide Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay, Serpentinite, Marble
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): METALS NOT TARGETED FOR EXTRACTION
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4
Comment (Development): SITE TARGETED FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; PRESENCE OF BASE METALS MORE TYPICAL OF HIGHER TEMPERATURE SYSTEMS.
Comment (Geology): METALS DEPOSITION LIKELY OCCURRING IN GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM
References
Reference (Deposit): 1979 RECON STEVEN & CUNNINGHAM, OPEN FILE 79-535
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
Reference (Deposit): 1977 RECON STEVEN & CUNNINGHAM, USGS OPEN FILE 77-569
Reference (Deposit): 1906 RECON LEE, W.T. USGS BULL. 315
Reference (Deposit): RODRIGUEZ, E.L., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SULPHUR DEPOSITS AT SULPHURDALE.
Reference (Deposit): UNION OIL COMPANY, 1978, COVE FORT-SULPHURDALE KGRA, MILLARD AND BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: GEOLOGIC MAP, TECHNICAL REPORTS: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): CASKEY, C.F., 1975, MID-TERTIARY VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY, SEVIER-COVE FORT AREA, CENTRAL UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGY, V.2, NO. 1.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-202 GEOLOGICAL MAP OF PART OF THE BEAVER QUADRANGLE
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL. 110.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J.N. & SAMBERG, S.M., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE COVE FORT-SULPHURDALE KGRA: UNIV. OF UTAH RESEARCH INST. EARTH SCIENCE LAB.
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