Mine detail: Velvet Mine

Previously called 'Velvet Silver MineLucky Boy Claim'

Location:	Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.29802, -113.16858
dep_id:	10010743
mrds_id:	D004683
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Jarosite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Underground
alteration:	Limonite, Calcite
ore_ctrl:	Lateral Replacement Of Favorable Limestone Beds Adjacent To Cross Cutting Fissures
Reporter:	Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit:	Kaibab-Plympton-Toroweap Formations
hrock_type:	Limestone,Chert
Structure:	Basin & Range/Colorado Plateau Transition Sevier Orogenic Belt, (Star Range) Eastward Dipping Homocline Believed To Be Upper Thrust Plate.
tectonic:	Miogeosyncline. (Cordilleran)
References:	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 Deposit:: BAER, I.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P. 29-52. 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 Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO.22 Deposit:: BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PH. D. THESIS. Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER,B.S., USGS PP #80 Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S, USGS PP #111 Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9 Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3 Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46 Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979. GEOLOGIST.