The Lady Bryan Mine is a fluorine-fluorite, lead, copper, and iron mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,621 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
Elevation: 6,621 Feet (2,018 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, Iron
Lat, Long: 38.33528, -113.15556
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Lady Bryan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lady Bryan Mine
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Iron
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: Dr Russell Miller
Home Office: Las Vegas, Nv.
Owner Name: Utah Mining-Milling And Trans. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1896
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/IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type: L
Description: (Star Range) Eastward Dipping Homocline Part Of Upper Thrust Plate
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Narrow Tactite Zone, Silicified
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 36.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC STUDY 46
Reference (Deposit): BAER, J L, 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: BYU GEOLOGY 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 COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL NO 3 P 6
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K C, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SUR BULL 110 P 13
Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111
Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU GEOL. STUDIES V 9
Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B
Reference (Deposit): 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3
Reference (Deposit): BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UT P HD THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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