The Producer Mine is a uranium and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 38.23639, -113.57861
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Producer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Producer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Pine Grove/Wah-Wah
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Atkinson Exploration Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Wah Wah Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, FLAT, STRATIFIED, LONG IN 2 DIMENSIONS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillite (Moderate To Intense)
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SOME RECENT DRILLING
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SEC 31 NW, NW, NW SEC 6
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT AND A VERTICAL SHAFT (15M DEEP)
Comment (Geology): ROCK DENSITY: 160 LB/C FT
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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