Unknown Mine

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010578
MRDS ID D004360
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.8333, 38.63357 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position NORTH SLOPE ANTELOPE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Spring(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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 009W 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dolomite & Ls Undiff (Fish Haven);Dev Quartzite (Eureka);Camb Phyllite (Schistose Quartzite) (Host)
    Rock description Dolomite & Ls Undiff (Fish Haven);Dev Quartzite (Eureka);Camb Phyllite (Schistose Quartzite) (Host)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.8333, 38.63357

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADIT IS CUT IN LT BLUE-GREEN SCHISTOSE QUARTZITE OR PHYLLITE

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979 GEOLOGIST

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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