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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011184
MRDS ID D005487
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.49275, 37.73497 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 4,900 FEET SOUTHWEST OF SAND SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 015W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.49275, 37.73497
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHAFTS & A PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1979 RECON UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATIO

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, GEOLOGIST

Reporter information

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

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