The Pine Grove Summit Prospect is a lead mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 8,179 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,179 Feet (2,493 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 38.32861, -113.57861
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Pine Grove Summit Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Grove Summit Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Pine Grove District
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Wah Wah Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: N 30 W Striking Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS ARE UNDIFFERENTIATED MIDDLE CAMBRIAN LIMESTONE. ASH-FLOW TUFF EXISTS ADJACENT TO DEPOSIT BUT IS UNRELODED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE LARGE CUT ABOUT 100 FEET IN DIAMETER
Comment (Commodity): AG WAS NOT OBSERVED BUT IS INFERRED TO BE PRESENT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL PODS OF GALENA AND FLUORITE. GALENA IS LARGELY OXIDIZED QUARTZ CRYSTALS COMMONLY LINING VUGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
Reference (Deposit): ABBOTT, J.T., BEST, M.G., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1983, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE GROVE-BLAWN MOUNTAIN AREA, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-1479
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