The Big Pass is a lead and tungsten mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,660 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: 6,660 Feet (2,030 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.3053, -112.82420
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Big Pass MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Pass
Secondary: Strategic Metals Mine
Secondary: Pass Canyon Mine
Secondary: Blue Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mc Garry, Ambrose
Info Year: 1979
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS SW 1944 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF BEAVER CO UT USGS BULL 94
Reference (Deposit): 5-D P.107-110 WITH MAP
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD AL 1957 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE BEAV
Reference (Deposit): ER CO UT WITH MINE MAPS: UGMS REPRINT NO 56
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