The Desert View 1 is a uranium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,700 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: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.13583, -113.56944
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Desert View 1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert View 1
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Pine Grove
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: Wah-Wah Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR-FLAT, STRATIFIED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Wah Wah Mts; Local Normal Faults.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): MINERALS MASS FILLING OPEN SPACES ALONG A FRACTURE WITH OR WITHOUT ALTERATION OF ADJOINING ROCK.
Comment (Workings): SOME SURFACE DOZER CUTS; OPEN-STOPE MINING METHODS. ALL ADITS.
Comment (Geology): URANINITE, AUTONITE, FLUORITE. MINERALS ARE APHANITIC TO FINE-GRAIN CRYSTALS.
References
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M L, 1979, UT GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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