The Hogs Back Prospect is a beryllium mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,551 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,551 Feet (1,692 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 39.7286, -113.16280
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Hogs Back Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hogs Back Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Beryllium Inter. Corp 8790 Blue Jay Ln, Slc, Ut 84121
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1993
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Leach-Solvent-Extract-Precipitation
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Comment (Deposit): EVALUATION IS TO BE DONE IN 1987 ON 7,000 ACRES OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELTA, UTAH.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1069
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ M H 1959 GEO OF THOMAS RNG FLUOROSPAR DIST JUAB CO
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK KC 1976 FLUORITE OCCUR IN UT UGMS BULL 110
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING JOURNAL ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE 1988, P. 87.
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