Velvet Mine

The Velvet Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,541 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Velvet Mine
Secondary: Velvet Silver Mine
Secondary: Lucky Boy Claim

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star

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: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range/Colorado Plateau Transition Sevier Orogenic Belt

Type: L
Description: (Star Range) Eastward Dipping Homocline Believed To Be Upper Thrust Plate.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite, Calcite

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Jarosite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 11.

Comment (Deposit): INCLINE SHAFT 50 FT DEEP

References

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO.22

Reference (Deposit): BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER,B.S., USGS PP #80

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S, USGS PP #111

Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9

Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979. GEOLOGIST.

Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46

Reference (Deposit): BAER, I.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P. 29-52.

Reference (Deposit): BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY , UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO.3 P.6

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