The Quartz Crystal Mine is a gemstone, quartz, and beryllium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,841 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: 7,841 Feet (2,390 Meters)
Commodity: Gemstone, Quartz, Beryllium
Lat, Long: 39.82972, -113.95778
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Quartz Crystal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartz Crystal Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gemstone
Primary: Quartz
Primary: Beryllium
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spring Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Beryl
Comments
Comment (Location): LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE ARE GIVEN FOR THE CENTER OF THE AREA. MAXIMUM ALTITUDE IS RECORDED. MAXIMUM RELIEF IS 650 FT (198.12 M). ALTITUDE IS 1100 M.
Comment (Development): CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS AND BERYL CRYSTALS HAVE BEEN MINED FROM A PEGMATITE. THE MINE IS NOW CAVED.
Comment (Geology): CRYSTAL MINING WAS FROM PEGMATITE IN THE TERTIARY INTRUSIVE QUARTZ MONZONITE THAT FORMS THE IBAPAH STOCK.
Comment (Deposit): REMAINING RESOURCE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED BY SATKOSKI AND SOKASKI. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): PIT. THE MINE IS CAVED.
References
Reference (Deposit): SATKOSKI, JACK J., AND SOKASKI, MICHAEL, 1980, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GOSHUTE INDIAN RESERVATION, NEVADA AND UTAH: REPORT BIA NO. 13-11, P. 31, 34, PLATE 17
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