Unknown Prospects

The Unknown Prospects is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,551 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unknown Prospects

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Beaver Lake

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
Deposit Type: Replacement
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 And Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile

Type: L
Description: Local Normal And Thrust Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleached White-Pink

Rocks

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

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): SW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 SEC 21

Comment (Geology): SEVERAL ADITS ARE CUT IN A LIGHT PINK QUARTZOSE SANDSTONE

Comment (Workings): SHAFT (100 FT) INCLINE ADIT, SEVERAL OTHER SHORT ADITS HAVE BEEN CUT IN A PINK SANDY UNIT INTERBEDDED WITH THE DARK GRAY MOTTLED BEAVER LAKE DOLOMITE

References

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

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

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