Beaver Carbonate Mine

The Beaver Carbonate Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,650 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Beaver Carbonate Mine
Secondary: Carbonate-Rattler

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Frisco

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Wanda H Kuhn

Owner Name: Frisco Mining And Smelting

Production

Year: 1909
Time Period: 1879-1909
Material type: ORE

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1879
Discovery Year: 1878
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt

Type: L
Description: San Francisco Mtns-Local Normal Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, PITS 2 SHAFTS AVE 400' DEEP, 1 INCLINE 200' DEEP, WORKINGS ARE INACCESSABLE AT THIS TIME (4-18-79)

Comment (Commodity): 553,910 OUNCES OF SILVER VALUED AT $808,234

Comment (Development): MINE WORKED FROM 1879-1885, 1909-10, 1930 ; ECON.COM: THE PROPERTY SOLD FOR $10,000 IN FEB 1879 AND FOR $150,000 7 MONTHS LATER.

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

Comment (Production): AVERAGE ASSAY 1913 = 94 OUNCES AG, 44% PB

References

Reference (Production): PERRY, L I, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN-FILE REPORT NO 22

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B S, 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO AND ADJACENT DISTRICT, BEAVER CO, UTAH, USGS PP #80

Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP 80

Reference (Deposit): 1976 COMPILE UGMS-OPEN FILE REPORT #22

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