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Red Bird 1-3 Prospects

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011000
MRDS ID D005115
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bird 1-3 Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.80442, 37.36526 (WGS84)
Elevation 1527
Relative position 5800 FEET NORTH NORTHWEST OF GRAPEVINE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gunlock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 039S 017W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Clarion Formation
    Rock description Clarion Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.80442, 37.36526
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG W
    Dip 70 E
    Length 457.2M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldstrike

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vern, Arvel, Rex, Verle And Paul Leavitt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.701HA
    Overall length 243.84M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 10 PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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