Rebel Mine

The Rebel Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,561 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Rebel Mine

State: Utah

County: Beaver

Elevation: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc, Lead

Lat, Long: 38.39389, -113.10222

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Rebel Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rebel Mine
Secondary: Little May Lilly

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Dwight, Holloran, Galloway

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR/PARALLEL WITH FISSURE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition

Type: L
Description: Star Range(Ne Plunging Anticline)

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silification, Marbleization, Kaolinitization

Rocks

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC 09.

Comment (Development): 1954, 56 ASSAY FROM GRAB SAMPLE OF HEMIMORPHITE ORE FROM OPEN CUT & DUMPS: AG=0.07 OZ/TON, PB=9.4% ZN=41.4% AU=0.005 OZ/T

Comment (Deposit): CAVED AT PORTAL

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS-4 ADITS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS & PITS

Comment (Geology): FAVORABLE BEDS ARE A SERIES OF INTERBEDDED LIMESTONES, CALCAREOUS SHALES, AND HIGHLY SILICEOUS SHALES.

Comment (Deposit): LITTLE MAY LILLY ADIT (300 FT) IN DARK GRAY LIMESTONE AND SOME LIGHT TAN TO WHITE QUARTZITE. POSTED AFFADIT OF ASSESSMENT DATED 1956 BY LITTLE MAY MINING CO. NO ORE MINERALS FOUND ON THE DUMB. THE BACK ON THE ADIT WAS CAVED.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

Reference (Production): WRAY, UGA PUBLIC. #3, 1973

Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9

Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZEID, S. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUAD., STAR DISTRICT BEAVER CO., UTAH: U.G.M.S. SPEC.STUD. NO. 46

Reference (Deposit): BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV. GEOL. STUDIES V. 9 PT. 2, P. 29-52

Reference (Deposit): BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOC. PUB. NO. 3, P. 6

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22

Reference (Deposit): WRAY, W.B., 1965, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REBEL MINE AREA, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UNPUBLISHED HONORS BS DISSERTATION, 89 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111

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