Red Fox Claims

The Red Fox Claims is a gold and silver mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,709 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

Name: Red Fox Claims  

State:  Utah

County:  Beaver

Elevation: 5,709 Feet (1,740 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.33611, -113.36139

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Red Fox Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Red Fox Claims
Secondary: Red Nugget
Secondary: Grover Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: White Mountain Area


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: Cecil H. Muir, Byron C. Muir


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stockwork
Operation Type: Unknown
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


Structure

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

Type: L
Description: Nw Striking Fracture And Breccia Zone


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Silicification


Rocks

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A NARROW QUARTZ STOCKWORK ZONE HOSTED BY ARGILLIZED AND PARTIALLY SILICIFIED LIMESTONE. NO SULFIDES OR OBVIOUS MINERALIZATION. POSSIBLE EPITHERMAL AU-AG

Comment (Commodity): COMMODITIES MAY INCLUDE AU AND AG BUT WERE NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED

Comment (Development): ASSESSMENT WORK INCLUDED DRILLING AND MAPPING

Comment (Geology): IGNEOUS UNITS ARE ADJACENT TO PROSPECT

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

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO CLOSELY SPACED PROSPECT PITS, ONE OF WHICH MAY BE A CAVED SHAFT


References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-724, SCALE 1:48,000

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

Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B., 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 4


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