The Blue Mountain is a gold mine located in Beaver county, Utah.
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Blue Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Centurion Mines Corp.
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1995
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1995
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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 (Exploration): "ORE-GRADE GOLD" INTERCEPTS FROM 2 OR 4 HOLES IN A SHALLOW DRILLING PROGRAM: (1) 1.5 M OF 22.3 G/MT AT 68 M DEPTH; (2) 4.5 M OF 2 G/MT AT 12 M AND 3 M OF 4.1 G/MT AT 53 M. ROCK CHIP SURFACE SAMPLING IDENTIFIED A LARGE ZONE OF GOLD MINERALIZATION AT LEAST 1,000 M LONG AND 150 M WIDE, WITH GRADES UP TO 1.2 G/MT. MORE DRILLING TO BE DONE IN 1995.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, JUL 28, 1995, P 60
Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, JUL 26, 1995, P 17
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