Mine detail: Beaver Carbonate Mine

Previously called 'Carbonate-Rattler'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.4819, -113.24331

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Sphalerite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1878

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1879

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Vitrophyre
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Basin And Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt, San Francisco Mtns-Local Normal Faults
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline (Paleozoic)

References

MRDS	D005828
DEP	10011263
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.