The Bwana Ore Body is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.45306, -113.07306
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Bwana Ore Body MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bwana Ore Body
Secondary: Bwana Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Rocky 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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: West Toledo Mining Co.
Owner Name: American Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1962
Discovery Year: 1960
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR-VEINS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Assymetric North Plunging Anticline (Rocky Range)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleached, Marbleized, Skarn
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Grossularite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Idocrase
Comments
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED AS A GRAVITY ANOMOLY ; MILL.CAP: 128 ; ECON.YEAR: 1960 ; ECON.COM: ACID LEACH AND CEMENTATION TREATMENT
Comment (Location): N 1/2 OF SE 1/4 SEC 22, SW, NW 23.
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED PORTIONS AVE 3% CU, THE PRIMARY ORE UNDER 2%. AVE ORE GRADE 2.65%
Comment (Deposit): MINED OUT: WORKED FROM 1962-68. SOME STOCKPILES OF ORE STILL PRESENT. SOME ORE STILL IN PLACE.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURRS ALONG CONTACT OF DIORITE WITH TOROWEAP FM ONE LARGE PIT IN SEC 23 IS 300 FT DEEP AND 600 FT ACROSS.
References
Reference (Deposit): UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 1973 GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA PUBLICATION NO 3
Reference (Deposit): WHELAN, J.A., THE ROCKY MINING DISTRICT, IN PRESS, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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