The Doughout Mine Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,979 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
Elevation: 7,979 Feet (2,432 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 38.2075, -113.86444
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Doughout Mine Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Doughout Mine Prospect
Secondary: Dugout Mine Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Washington/Indian Peak
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: James Haslam
Owner Name: H. A. Mckenzie
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1942
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: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range-Laramide Basement
Type: L
Description: N-S Trending Faults-Western Rim Of Large Caldera?
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SMALL OPEN PIT & SHALLOW SHAFT
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): THURSTON, W R, 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULL 1005.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K C, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL 110
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F D, & WILSON, S R, 1951, INVEST OF THE COUGAR SPAR FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UT: USBM RI 4820
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F D, & WILSON, S R, 1950, INVEST OF J B FLUORITE DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UTAH: USBM RI 4726
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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