The Major Fault Group is a tungsten mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,640 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.36944, -112.77194
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Major Fault Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Major Fault Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
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: Occurrence
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
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Limestone Beds Strike N 28 E, Dip 55 - 65 Se
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSIST OF A 50 FT SHAFT, A 50 FT INCLINE SHAFT, A SHALLOW OPEN PIT AND A HUNDRED FEET OF TRACK.
Comment (Location): PROPERTY INCLUDES THE MAJOR FAULT NO. 1 & 2 CLAIMS AND THREE OTHER CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): THE TACTITE ZONES TOTAL ABOUT 24 FT IN THICKNESS.
Comment (Geology): THE TACTITE IS A GREENISH EPIDOTIZED LIMESTONE. THE BEDS NEXT TO THE TACTITE IS A GRAY TO NEARLY BLACK COMPACT LIMESTONE.
Comment (Deposit): REPORTED TO BE ORE GRADE IN 1944 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1957 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MINERAL RANGE: UTAH G & MS REPRINT NO. 56 , P. 42
Reference (Deposit): UTAH ENG. EXP. STA. BULL. 101, 1959, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC 8014 , P. 38
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-13-1971
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