The Maria Mine is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.45306, -113.06861
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Maria Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maria Mine
Secondary: OK Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Rocky 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Essex International
Production
Year: 1974
Time Period: Total 1971-74
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Skarn Cu
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1959
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range Structures
Type: L
Description: Local Normal Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn Zone
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PIT HAS BEEN EXCAVATED DOWN PLUNGE OF THE WEST SIDE OF AN ASSYMETRIC ANTICLINE. MINERALIZATION IS ALONG CONTACT OF DIORITE WITH WORKED FROM 1971-1974.
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY MAGNETIC ANOMOLY.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 22.
Comment (Workings): DEPTH OF PIT 200 FT
Comment (Deposit): MINE WORKED FROM 1960-1973
Comment (Identification): *******SEE OK Mine: Deposit ID 10101379 for detailed info
References
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Development): MDA-Western States Engineering, 1998 OK Mine Profect Feasibility Study, Vol. 1 Nevada Star Resource Corp. private report, Dec. 1998
Reference (Deposit): WHELAN, J A, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY RANGE: UGMS; IN PRESS
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