Mine detail: Beaver Carbonate Mine

Previously called 'Carbonate-Rattler'

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.4819, -113.24331
dep_id: 10011263
mrds_id: D005828
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Sphalerite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fissure Vein
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Vitrophyre
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Basin And Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt, San Francisco Mtns-Local Normal Faults
tectonic: Miogeosyncline (Paleozoic)
Year first produced: 1879
disc_yr: 1878
References:
  • Deposit:: PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN-FILE REPORT NO 22
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B S, 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO AND ADJACENT DISTRICT, BEAVER CO, UTAH, USGS PP #80
  • Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP 80
  • Deposit:: 1976 COMPILE UGMS-OPEN FILE REPORT #22
  • Production:: PERRY, L I, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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