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Unknown Mine

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010570
MRDS ID D004350
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.81052, 38.57302 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100
Relative position 1 MI N. OF PINNACPLE PASS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinnacle Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 009W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW1/4 SE 1/4 SE1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnet, Epidote, Iron, L.G. Metamorp.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 910-2-3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pcamb Prospect Mtn Qtzite
    Rock description Pcamb Prospect Mtn Qtzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.81052, 38.57302
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S High Angle Normal Faults, Thrusting

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL ISLANDS OF PRECAMBRIAN PROSPECT MTN QTZITE HAVE BEEN THRUST UP IN THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE NORTHERN END OF THE RANGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope Spring

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT NOT OPEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L, 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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