The Strategic Metals Mine is a tungsten, lead, and silver mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,660 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: 6,660 Feet (2,030 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.30528, -112.82417
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Strategic Metals Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Strategic Metals Mine
Secondary: Big Pass Canyon Mine
Secondary: Blue Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Granite/Mineral Range
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mc Garry, Ambrose
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: Pre 1944
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1940
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: Mineral Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR-IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: N-S Trending Faults & Shears That Parallel Bedding
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tactite
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURRS IN TACTITE ZONE ALONG CONTACT OF LIMESTONE WITH GRANITE AND ALSO IN SHEAR ZONE THAT EXTENDS 100 FEET INTO LIMESTONE.
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONE RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO MORE THAN 30 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR PB, AG: 60 FOOT SHAFT
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 12.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945-D., P. 107-110/WITH MAP
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A.,L., 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY UTAH/WITH MINE MAPS: UGMS REPRINT #56.
Reference (Deposit): 1944 COMPILE HOBBS, S.W. BULL 945-
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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