The Montreal Mine is a iron mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 38.45028, -113.06333
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Montreal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montreal Mine
Secondary: Niagara Falls Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Rocky
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS/POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range/Thrust Belt/Plateau Transition
Type: L
Description: Assymetric North Plunging Anticline (Rocky Range)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn-Thermal Metamorphism.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Muscovite
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SECTION 23.
Comment (Deposit): MINED OUT: MINED FROM: 1912, 1940-48, 1949, 1951, 1953-1957
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT AND 2 LEVELS OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): 1915 ASSAY: CU=2.13% FE=36.04% AG=.71% INSOLVABLE=13.70%
References
Reference (Deposit): WHELAN, J A, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY RANGE: UGMS IN PRESS
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
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