South Beaver Prospect

The South Beaver Prospect is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,732 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: South Beaver Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Beaver Lake Mountains District

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: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Beaver Lake Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt

Type: L
Description: Fracture Zone At N 62 W, 71 Sw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification And Argillization Adjacent To Fracture Zone.

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS ADJACENT TO A SHEAR ZONE AT N 62 W, 71 SW. CHALCOPYRITE HIGHLY OXIDIZED, WITH CHRYSOCOLLA, MALACHITE, AND AZURITE AS PRODUCTS. MINERALIZATION UP TO 1' WIDE

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT ABOUT 150 FEET LONG AND AN INTERCONNECTING SHAFT. SHAFT LIES ABOVE ADIT AND IS LARGELY CAVED AT SURFACE. SHAFT MAY ALSO BE A STOPE WHICH HAS CAVED NEARLY TO THE SURFACE.

References

Reference (Deposit): WHELAN, J.A., 1982, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND MINERALOGY OF THE ROCKY RANGE, NEAR MILFORD, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NA. 57,35P

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MILFORD QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE. REPORT 77-1471, SCALE 1:48000.

Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521

Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS

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