Bismuth Mine

The Bismuth Mine is a bismuth mine located in Beaver county, Utah.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bismuth Mine
Secondary: Major Lode
Secondary: San Francisco Bismuth
Secondary: Star King Bismuth

Commodity

Primary: Bismuth
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Granite District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: The Limestone Strikes N 35 E, Dip 85 Se.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS UP TO 40 FT DEEP, A 150 FT LONG ADIT AND TRENCHES.

Comment (Location): PROPERTY INCLUDES BISMUTH NOS. 1 - 3 AND BISMUTH EXTENSION CLAIMS OR AS THE MINNIE NOS. 1 AND 2 CLAIMS.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED CONTAINING 7 - 10 % BI.

Comment (Deposit): THE TACTITE ZONE IS ABOUT 6 FT THICK.

References

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH G & MS BULL 110 , P. 4 - 5

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III, P. 534

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1970

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