Bradley Canyon NW Prospects

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012610
MRDS ID D008333
Record type Site
Current site name Bradley Canyon NW Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14607, 39.97523 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 9,900 FT N. OF SNELL RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 03 SE OF SW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Big Cottonwood Formation
    Rock description Big Cottonwood Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14607, 39.97523

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description On East Flank Of North Tintic Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.005HA
    Overall length 17.68M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • NW PROSPECT IS A SHAFT 30 FT DEEP CUT IN SHALE, THE SE PROSPECT IS A SHALLOW CUT IN ALLUVIUM, THE SW PROSPECT IS A SHALLOW CUT ALONG A QUARTZ VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDE BOOK NO. 12

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, G.T., BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.