The Unknown Prospects is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,551 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,551 Feet (1,692 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.54, -113.09861
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Unknown Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Lead
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
Type: L
Description: Local Normal And Thrust Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleached White-Pink
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 SEC 21
Comment (Geology): SEVERAL ADITS ARE CUT IN A LIGHT PINK QUARTZOSE SANDSTONE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT (100 FT) INCLINE ADIT, SEVERAL OTHER SHORT ADITS HAVE BEEN CUT IN A PINK SANDY UNIT INTERBEDDED WITH THE DARK GRAY MOTTLED BEAVER LAKE DOLOMITE
References
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, 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 SURV
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M L, AND KRUPICKA, D C, 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
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