The Blue Spar Mine is a copper mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 5,961 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,961 Feet (1,817 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.8725, -109.08944
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Blue Spar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Spar Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
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, Gerald Laughter
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: 1966 - 1967
Material type: F
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 16 % Pb
Year: 1967
Time Period: 1966 - 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^70 % Caf2
Year: 1948
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^84 % Caf2
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Uncompaghre Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO APPARENT RESERVES
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SW 1/4 OF SECTION 19
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INFERRED FROM STOPE EXAMINATION
Comment (Workings): THIS PROSPECT HAS 1 ADIT AND AN OPEN CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): 1976 COMPILE U.G.M.S. - BULLETIN 11
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 110 , P. 25
Reference (Production): PERRY, L. I.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LEE I. PERRY, 1977
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