Casa De Plata #1-8, Sunset #1-3, Sunrise, Spanish Placer #1-2

Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Gemstone, 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. 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011051
MRDS ID D005244
Record type Site
Current site name Casa De Plata #1-8, Sunset #1-3, Sunrise, Spanish Placer #1-2
Alternate or previous names Stay Cool, Happy New Year, Old Acquaintence, Let's Party

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58859, 37.55858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 7500 FEET NORTHEAST OF HAMBLIN SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dixie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 037S 016W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.58859, 37.55858

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 1000M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Lameraux

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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