The Tunnel Spring Mine is a iron mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,079 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.51667, -113.11722
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Tunnel Spring Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tunnel Spring Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Beaver Lake
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Beaver Lake Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Ene Trending Overthrust And Overturned Syncline.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 29.
Comment (Workings): AN ADIT WITH A WINZE IS COMPLETELY FLOODED. THE TUNNEL IS CUT IN SOLID GRANITIC ROCK AND IS 4 FT HIGH X 3 FEET WIDE AND IS OF UNKNOWN LENGTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D E, 1961, STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BEAVER LAKE MTNS MASTERS THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #111
Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68
Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M L, AND KRUPICKA, D C, 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
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