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U-Beva Mine

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U-Beva Mine is a historic mining site in Beaver, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Replacement deposit hosted in Mt Belnap Rhyolite (Rhyolite, Latite), within the Cordilleran Hingeline setting. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Quartz, Torbernite, Uraninite; logged ore minerals are Torbernite, Uraninite; gangue is recorded as Quartz. Workings are surface.

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Found Here

FluoriteQuartzTorberniteUraninite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type
Replacement
Host rock
Mt Belnap Rhyolite — Rhyolite, Latite
Orebody form
VEIN-FLAT-TABULAR
Tectonic setting
Cordilleran Hingeline
Ore minerals
TorberniteUraninite
Gangue minerals
Quartz
Structure

Basin/Plateau Transition, Faulting

Ore control

Fissures Along Planes Of Weakness

Alteration

Advanced Argillic

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Workings
Surface
Production size
Small

Records and references

Cited references

USBM RPT #1538 FROM CRIB # D.C. 15084USAEC ORE RES. STUDY FROM CRIB # DC 15084CALLAGHAN, E., PARKER R.L. 1961, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE BEAVER QUAD., BEAVER CO., UTAH USGS MAP MF202HINTZE, L.F., 1967, URANIUM DISTRICTS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: UT. GEOL. SOC., NO. 21, P. 117. EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10021155 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 38.38303, -112.52023

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