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Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Silica
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Land status
  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 10011279
MRDS ID D005853
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59523, 38.69774 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 4.8 MILES NW OF DOG VALLEY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dog Valley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Beaver(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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 007W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SE 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Quartzite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Swan Peak Quartzite
    Rock description Swan Peak Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.59523, 38.69774
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80E
    Dip 24 SE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Miogeosyncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.1HA
    Overall length 40M
    Overall width 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT SURFACE PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    STEGEN, R.J., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME FISSURES, FAULTS, AND BRECCIA FILLINGS ALSO APPEAR MINERALIZED.

Reporter information

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

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