The Creole Mine is a tungsten and copper 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, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.26333, -112.88722
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Creole Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Creole Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Lincoln District
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: Karl Truman
Production
Year: 1945
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1950
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Local Faults And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphic
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Amethyst
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Development): PRIOR TO 1916 ONLY SMALL SHIPMENTS OF HIGH GRADE COPPER, GOLD AND SILVER ORE WERE MADE
Comment (Deposit): CLOSED IN LATE 60'S WHEN SMELTERS CLOSED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 OLD SHAFTS, AN INCLINE, AND A HAULAGE TUNNEL, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, STOPES
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON THE CREOLE MINE NEAR MINERSVILLE, UTAH; UNPUB. REPORT BY MINERAL SERVICES INC, 1966/W MAPS
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22
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