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Red Ant #1

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011343
MRDS ID D006005
Record type Site
Current site name Red Ant #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.94443, 37.81053 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position 7550 FEET NORTHWEST OF MODENA WATER TANK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Modena(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 034S 019W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.94443, 37.81053
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Orean And Rocky Barney

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.051HA
    Length 12.19M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF AN 40 FT ADIT AND 2 PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    L I PERRY 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reporter information

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

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