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Occurrence 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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011191
MRDS ID D005497
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.40802, 37.71775 (WGS84)
Elevation 1993
Relative position 1.75 MILES SOUTH OF HIDDEN 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)

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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 014W 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.40802, 37.71775
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing Or Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTS OF TWO SHAFTS, ONE 50 FT DEEP WITH NO DRIFTING, THE OTHER APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET DEEP, NO DRIFTING, AND ALSO A PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1979 DIREXPL UGMS-ON SITE INVESTIGATIO

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES IN AN ALTERED RHYOLITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Stegan, Ralph J. Bureau of Land Management

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