South Hickory Vabm Prospect

The South Hickory Vabm Prospect is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,138 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

Name: South Hickory Vabm Prospect

State:  Utah

County:  Beaver

Elevation: 6,138 Feet (1,871 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.39, -113.12250

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South Hickory Vabm Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: South Hickory Vabm Prospect


Commodity

Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star District


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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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


Structure

Type: R
Description: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt

Type: L
Description: Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MINOR MINERALIZATION IN PODS ALONG FRACTURES. NO OUTCROP

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE SHALLOW SHAFT.


References

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

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, 35 P.


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