Rob Roy Mine

Past Producer in Beaver 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. 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. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010610
MRDS ID D004418
Record type Site
Current site name Rob Roy Mine
Related records 10202760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58801, 38.43247 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position AT THE MOUTH OF INDIAN CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pole Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 007W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Mt Belknap Rhyolite
    Rock description Mt Belknap Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58801, 38.43247

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin/Plateau Transition Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Newton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Energy Fuels

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, DRIFTS, STOPES, SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 UNPAT. CLAIMS

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.

External references