Big Pass Blue Star, Strategic Metals Mine

The Big Pass Blue Star, Strategic Metals Mine is a gold, silver, fluorine-fluorite, tungsten, and lead mine located in Beaver county, Utah.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Big Pass Blue Star, Strategic Metals Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Granite District

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

Year: 1953
Time Period: 1943 - 1953
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.45 % - 79 % Wo3

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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO COMMERCIAL FLUORITE IS KNOWN AT THIS SITE

Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED SOME LEAD ORES CONTAINING PRECIOUS METALS. HIGH GRADE GOLD ORE WAS MINED IN THE 1930'S BUT NO PRODUCTION STATISTICS EXIST IN THE LITERATURE FOR THESE YEARS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014 .

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 110 .

Reference (Deposit): NACKOWSKI, M. P., AND LEVY, ENRIGUE, 1959 , UTAH ENG. AND EXPERIMENT STATION BULL. 101 .

Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S. W., 1945 , USGS BULL. 945-D .

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