The U-Beva Mine is a uranium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,359 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,359 Feet (2,243 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.38306, -112.51944
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U-Beva Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: U-Beva Mine
Secondary: H & H #2
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Newton District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.1% U3o8
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN-FLAT-TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin/Plateau Transition
Type: L
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Advanced Argillic
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Torbernite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 34 CLAIMS
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Workings): SMALL DOZER CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM RPT #1538 FROM CRIB # D.C. 15084
Reference (Deposit): USAEC ORE RES. STUDY FROM CRIB # DC 15084
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., PARKER R.L. 1961, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE BEAVER QUAD., BEAVER CO., UTAH USGS MAP MF202
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1967, URANIUM DISTRICTS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: UT. GEOL. SOC., NO. 21, P. 117.
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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