Cave Mine Group

The Cave Mine Group is a lead, zinc, and tungsten mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,421 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cave Mine Group
Secondary: Chief Group
Secondary: Consolidated 1-5
Secondary: Iron Duke

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Bradshaw District

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
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1859
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: North To Nw Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marble

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): WORKED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL 1907 WITH MOST OF THE ORE BEING PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1880. ORE VALUE TO 1885 VALUED AT $270,000. LAST PRODUCTION 1949

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 12

Comment (Development): THE CHIEF GROUP CONSISTS OF 2 SHAFTS AND AN ADIT ABOUT 2000 FEET NORTH OF THE CAVE ADIT. THE SHAFTS FOLLOW A 2 FT VEIN 60 FEET AT 45 DEG. THE VERTICAL SHAFT IS 200 FEET DEEP AND CONNECTS WITH THE INCLINE BY DRIFTS

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF ADITS AND SHAFTS ALIGNED AT INTERVALS ALONG A VERTICAL CONTROLING FISSURE. 5 SHAFTS AND 9 ADITS IN A 3000 FOOT RADIUS

Comment (Deposit): LOWER WORKINGS OF THE MINE ARE SEPARATED BY A CARBONATE SEQUENCE THAT IS UNCONFORMABLY BELOW THE CALLVILLE-PAKOON. ORE OCCURRS ENTIRELY ON THE BOTTOMS OF CAVES. 5 LARGE CAVES & 15 SMALLER ONES HAVE BEEN FOUND. THE CAVES ARE INNER-CONNECTED. THE LARGEST CAVE IS 120 X 30 X 20 FT.

References

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): HUNTLEY, D B, 1885, PRECIOUS METALS IN THE US, 10TH CENSUS V 13, P 474-475.

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

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