Michigan Claims

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010355
MRDS ID D003967
Record type Site
Current site name Michigan Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.30442, 38.46302 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013W 027S 15 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.30442, 38.46302

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure In Quartz Monzonite Near Intrusive Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT IS NO MENTION IN THE LITERATURE OF ANY PRODUCTION HAVING COME FROM THIS PROPERTY. BUTLER ( 1913 ) STATES THAT NO COMMERCIAL ORE HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AT THE TIME OF HIS VISIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Steven, T. A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.