The Prince Albert Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 38.86833, -109.08694
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Prince Albert Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prince Albert Mine
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Ryan Creek Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gilbert Daily, Harold Kramer, And Gerald Laughter.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
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: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Uncompaghre Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 , NE 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SECTION 30
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE VEIN HAS BEEN COMPLETELY MINED OUT.
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT 40 FT DEEP & APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. OF DRIFTING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO APPARENT RESERVES
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LEE I. PERRY 1977
Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UGMS BULLETIN 11
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGIC AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 110 P. 25 - 26
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