Beaver View Mine

The Beaver View Mine is a tungsten mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,401 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

Name: Beaver View Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Beaver

Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 38.33056, -112.78944

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Beaver View Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Beaver View Mine


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Granite/Mineral Range


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

Owner Name: Mc Garry, Ambrose


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1945
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: Mineral Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: "LENS-LIKE" IRREGULAR VEIN


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: Nw Faults, Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marble/Scarn


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Garnet


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 31.

Comment (Workings): AN INCLINE SHAFT RUNING EAST WEST DIPS 20 DEG WEST IS 300 FEET LONG AND PARTIALLY STOPED TO THE SURFACE. 2 VERTICAL SHAFTS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET DEEP, SHORT ADITS

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940'S


References

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

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

Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A.,L.,1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY UTAH/WITH MINE MAPS: UGMS REPRINT #56.


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