Magnolia Mine

The Magnolia Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,650 feet.

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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: Magnolia Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Beaver

Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 38.31611, -113.16306

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Magnolia Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Magnolia Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star


Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Owner Name: State Of Utah
Home Office: Utah


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition

Type: L
Description: Star Range - Normal Faulting - Thrusting


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Smithsonite


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC 02.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE ABOVE POTENTIALS ARE FIGURED FOR THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS WITH THEIR CONFIDENCE INTERVALS: 90% 100T; 75% 200T; 50% 300T; 25% 500T; 10% 1000T.

Comment (Development): MAPPED IN DETAIL BY WHELAN & PERRY, 1973 ORIGINAL WORK ON FILE AT UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MIN SURVEY 606 BLACKHAWK WAY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84108.

Comment (Deposit): CLOSED SINCE 1920

Comment (Workings): LEVELS ARE AT 117, 265, 372 FEET. LEVEL 117 HAS 120 FT OF WORKINGS & A STOPE; LEVEL 265 HAS 495 FT. OF WORKINGS, 2 STOPES & A WINZE; LEVEL 372 HAS 225 FT. OF DRIFTING & A 10 FT DEEP WINZE.


References

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, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P. 29-52.

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

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

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

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979 GEOLOGIST


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