The Beaver Metals is a iron mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,020 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,020 Feet (1,835 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.53528, -113.12889
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Beaver Metals MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beaver Metals
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Sulfur
Secondary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Beaver Lake District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPELIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
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 Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1970 CHEM. ANALYSIS: 57.2 % FE, 1.4 % SILICA, 0.044 % S, 0.16 % P, 0.06 % MN
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300 FT SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS NEAR AN INTRUSIVE CONTACT.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAROSH, P. J., 1960 , BEAVER LAKE MOUNTAINS: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 68 , P. 80
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 2
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-21-1962
Reference (Deposit): MIN. RES. OF THE US (1916).
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