Wild Bill Mine

The Wild Bill Mine is a copper, lead, and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,289 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wild Bill Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Pillock, Leonard, Wilken And Others

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Discovery Year: 1885
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/STEEPLY DIPPING AND CUT ACROSS BEDDING

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range Colorado Plateau Transition

Type: L
Description: Star Range

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Completely To Secondary Minerals

Rocks

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Corkite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS 1/4, SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SEC 13.

Comment (Deposit): TUNNEL PORTAL CAVED-4 LEVELS OF WORKINGS, SHAFT, INCLINES, RAISES, WINZES, STOPES AND DRIFTS, OPEN CUTS AND PITS

Comment (Geology): IT IS INFERED THAT THE PRIMARY MINERALS WERE SULFIDES OF LEAD, COPPER, IRON, & PROBABLY ZINC

Comment (Deposit): BOTH THE QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE AND THE ORE DEPOSITS ARE THOUGHT TO BE RELATED TO THE SAME MAGMATIC SOURCE

References

Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46

Reference (Production): MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1925.

Reference (Deposit): BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO.22

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

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

Reference (Deposit): BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P. HD. THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9

Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46

Reference (Deposit): BAER, I.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P.29-52.

Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3

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