Atlas Mine

The Atlas Mine is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,040 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

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Site Name

Primary: Atlas Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star 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

Owner Name: Hazel D Johnson (Texas)

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: IRREGULAR VEINS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range; Sever Orogenic Thrust Belt.

Type: L
Description: Star Mtns

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Goethite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTING AND CROSSCUTS AND A 200 FOOT SHAFT, 2 ADITS AVE 33 FT, WINZES, RAISES, AND PITS

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Comment (Deposit): PATENTED CLAIM (1976) HAZEL D JOHNSON TEXAS. MINE HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS

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: BYU 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, BYU GEOL STUDIES V 9

Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V USGS BULL 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBLICATION #3

Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SP ST 46

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

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