Mine detail: Garnet #1 Claim Mine

Previously called 'Garnet #2 ClaimDaily Metals Mine'

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.34997, -112.80079
dep_id: 10008881
mrds_id: D001366
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Garnet
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR VEIN
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Tactite, (Skarn) Garnet
conc_proc: Mineralization Occurrs Only Where Tactite Zones Are Cut By Fractures
ore_ctrl: Crosscutting Fractures That Cut Garnet Rich Zones. Shears Parallel To Bedding
Reporter: Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A., Mosier, Dan
hrock_unit: Callville-Pakoon
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock;Moenkopi Formation;Tailsman Quartzite;Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock
arock_type: Shale
Structure: Basin & Range, A Bulge Structure Slightly To The East That May Be Related To Cross-Fracturing
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1944
disc_yr: 1940
References:
  • Deposit:: HOBBS, S W, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN BEAVER COUNTY, UT: USGS BULL 945-D
  • Deposit:: CRAWFORD, A L, 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH/WITH MINE MAP: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY REPRINT #56
  • Deposit:: 1945 COMPILE SEE REF #
  • Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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