The Silver Streak #s 1-15 is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,280 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,280 Feet (1,914 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.52056, -113.11528
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Silver Streak #s 1-15 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Streak #s 1-15
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Beaver Lake
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Jimenez, Luis
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Beaver Lake Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range, Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
Type: L
Description: Local Normal Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4 SEC 29
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL DOZER CUTS & TWO SHAFTS CAVED AT COLLAR
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M L, AND KRUPICKA, D C, 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111
Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68
Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
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