The Magnolia Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 38.31611, -113.16306
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Magnolia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Magnolia Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: State Of Utah
Home Office: Utah
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type: L
Description: Star Range - Normal Faulting - Thrusting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Smithsonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC 02.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE ABOVE POTENTIALS ARE FIGURED FOR THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS WITH THEIR CONFIDENCE INTERVALS: 90% 100T; 75% 200T; 50% 300T; 25% 500T; 10% 1000T.
Comment (Development): MAPPED IN DETAIL BY WHELAN & PERRY, 1973 ORIGINAL WORK ON FILE AT UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MIN SURVEY 606 BLACKHAWK WAY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84108.
Comment (Deposit): CLOSED SINCE 1920
Comment (Workings): LEVELS ARE AT 117, 265, 372 FEET. LEVEL 117 HAS 120 FT OF WORKINGS & A STOPE; LEVEL 265 HAS 495 FT. OF WORKINGS, 2 STOPES & A WINZE; LEVEL 372 HAS 225 FT. OF DRIFTING & A 10 FT DEEP WINZE.
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: B.Y.U. 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): PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 22
Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP # 111
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): 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9
Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B
Reference (Deposit): 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. # 3
Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES # 46
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979 GEOLOGIST
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