Mine detail: Strategic Metals Mine

Previously called 'Big Pass Canyon MineBlue Star Mine'

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.30525, -112.82496
dep_id: 10010749
mrds_id: D004697
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Lead, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Garnet
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR-IRREGULAR VEIN
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Tactite
ore_ctrl: Composition & Physical Character Of The Limestone Layers, Fractures, Faults, Shear Zone
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A., Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Moenkopi Formation (Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Callville-Pakoon Undiff;Redwall Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
Structure: Basin & Range, N-S Trending Faults & Shears That Parallel Bedding
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1944
disc_yr: 1940
References:
  • Deposit:: HOBBS, S.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945-D., P. 107-110/WITH MAP
  • Deposit:: CRAWFORD, A.,L., 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY UTAH/WITH MINE MAPS: UGMS REPRINT #56.
  • Deposit:: 1944 COMPILE HOBBS, S.W. BULL 945-
  • Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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