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South Wash #1, 2

Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10010581
MRDS ID D004364
Record type Site
Current site name South Wash #1, 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.98081, 39.36578 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539
Relative position 2800 FT S 20 DEG W OF LITTLE DRUM SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clay Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(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 017S 010W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Marble

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Bonneville Sediments
    Rock description Bonneville Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.98081, 39.36578
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Trending Normal Faults, Area Is Part Of A Series Of Horsts & Grabens

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR & VEIN
    Strike N45W
    Dip 0 DEG
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Of Thin Basalt Flow With Bonneville Sediments

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLOWS EXTRUDED ALONG NORMAL FAULTS ON BOTH SIDES OF DELTA GRABEN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discoverer R.P. Robison

Mining district

District name House Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner R. P. Robison

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979

Reporter information

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

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