The Beaver View Mine is a tungsten mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.33056, -112.78944
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Beaver View Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beaver View Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mc Garry, Ambrose
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1945
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: "LENS-LIKE" IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Nw Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marble/Scarn
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 31.
Comment (Workings): AN INCLINE SHAFT RUNING EAST WEST DIPS 20 DEG WEST IS 300 FEET LONG AND PARTIALLY STOPED TO THE SURFACE. 2 VERTICAL SHAFTS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET DEEP, SHORT ADITS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940'S
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A.,L.,1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY UTAH/WITH MINE MAPS: UGMS REPRINT #56.
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