Kleins Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011417
MRDS ID D006237
Record type Site
Current site name Kleins Hill Prospect
Related records 10154048

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.06488, 40.97495 (WGS84)
Elevation 2536
Relative position 3/4 MILE E. OF CRUMB CANYON AND WILLOW CREEK CONFLUENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Creek Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 025E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BARITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.06488, 40.97495

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description North Side Uinta Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N67E
    Dip 82S
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Limestone Bed Where Fractured By Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name O-Wi-Yu-Kuts Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 6 FT X 6 FT X 4 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO, UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 66

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF WILLOW CREEK BUTTE QUADRANGLE, UTAH-COLORADO: USGS MISC. INV. MAP 1-322

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP W.R. HANSEN, 1961, MAP I-32

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR GOSSAN AND CALCITE VEINATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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