| Deposit ID | 10011301 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005885 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tunnel Spring Mine |
| Related records | 10251026 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.11802, 38.51663 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1853 |
| Relative position | 1.0 MILES SW OF SMITH SPRING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lime Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BLM Administrative Area(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026S | 011W | 29 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Undiff Dolomite |
| Rock description | Undiff Dolomite |
| (1) | -113.11802, 38.51663 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ene Trending Overthrust And Overturned Syncline. |
| General form | IRREGULAR VEIN |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Beaver Lake |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005885 |
EVERTS, M L, AND KRUPICKA, D C, 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.
LIVINGSTON, D E, 1961, STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BEAVER LAKE MTNS MASTERS THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
1913 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #80
1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #111
1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68
1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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