The Staats Monarch Mine is a fluorine-fluorite and uranium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.24833, -113.58139
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Staats Monarch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Staats Monarch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Pine Grove
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred Staats
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1934
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-PIPE LIKE, POD LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Normal & Thrust Faulting, Minor Folding, Extensive Igneous Activity
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization, Kaolinization, Argillite
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Uranophane
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE WAS MAPPED AND SAMPLED BY LEE I. PERRY UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY 7-31-73. ADIT, WINZE, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4, NE 1/4, NE 1/4
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS AS PIPELIKE BODIES AT THE CONTACT OF THE DOLOMITE WITH VOLCANICS
References
Reference (Deposit): DMEA-FLUORSPAR-URANIUM CONTRACT DOCKET # 2182 OCT 15, 1959
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
Reference (Deposit): 1954 DIREXPL TILLMAN, C.G.
Reference (Deposit): 1954 DIREXPL USBM, GILKEY, M.M.
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRESS RELEASE # 220, NOV 24, 1958
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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