The South Beaver Prospect is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,732 feet.
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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: 5,732 Feet (1,747 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.48139, -113.11806
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South Beaver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Beaver Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Beaver Lake Mountains District
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
Not available
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: Fracture Zone At N 62 W, 71 Sw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification And Argillization Adjacent To Fracture Zone.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS ADJACENT TO A SHEAR ZONE AT N 62 W, 71 SW. CHALCOPYRITE HIGHLY OXIDIZED, WITH CHRYSOCOLLA, MALACHITE, AND AZURITE AS PRODUCTS. MINERALIZATION UP TO 1' WIDE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT ABOUT 150 FEET LONG AND AN INTERCONNECTING SHAFT. SHAFT LIES ABOVE ADIT AND IS LARGELY CAVED AT SURFACE. SHAFT MAY ALSO BE A STOPE WHICH HAS CAVED NEARLY TO THE SURFACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WHELAN, J.A., 1982, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND MINERALOGY OF THE ROCKY RANGE, NEAR MILFORD, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NA. 57,35P
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MILFORD QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE. REPORT 77-1471, SCALE 1:48000.
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
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