The Bismuth Mine is a bismuth mine located in Beaver county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Bismuth Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bismuth Mine
Secondary: Major Lode
Secondary: San Francisco Bismuth
Secondary: Star King Bismuth
Commodity
Primary: Bismuth
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Granite 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 Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Limestone Strikes N 35 E, Dip 85 Se.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS UP TO 40 FT DEEP, A 150 FT LONG ADIT AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Location): PROPERTY INCLUDES BISMUTH NOS. 1 - 3 AND BISMUTH EXTENSION CLAIMS OR AS THE MINNIE NOS. 1 AND 2 CLAIMS.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED CONTAINING 7 - 10 % BI.
Comment (Deposit): THE TACTITE ZONE IS ABOUT 6 FT THICK.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH G & MS BULL 110 , P. 4 - 5
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III, P. 534
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1970
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