The White Rock Mine is a lead mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,440 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,440 Feet (1,658 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 38.38722, -113.10083
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White Rock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Rock Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range/Sevier Ozogenic Belt.
Type: L
Description: Star Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Slight Thermal Metamorphism, Bleached
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS ONLY SLIGHT DUE TO IT'S DISTANCE FROM THE INTRUSIVE.
Comment (Workings): THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WERE HOPEFUL OF FINDING AN ORE BODY IN SIZE AND GRADE OF THE HARRINGTON-HICKORY BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION CAME FROM THIS MINE.
References
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B S, 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REGION: USGS PP 80 P 194
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