Velvet 1-3 Claims

The Velvet 1-3 Claims is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Velvet 1-3 Claims

Commodity

Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Beaver Lake Mts

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: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Bardsley And Jones

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Beaver Lake Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR/VEIN

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: High Angle Reverse Fault And Overturned Syncline Striking Ene

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC 22

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE DOZER CUT 120 FT LONG 20 FEET WIDE. CUT IS IN TERT GRANODIORITE & JASPEROID MATERIAL

References

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M L, AND KRUPICKA, D C, 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D E, 1961, STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BEAVER LAKE MTNS MASTERS THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B

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

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

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

Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68

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