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Tungston Pass Prospect

Occurrence in Duchesne county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015015
MRDS ID DB00005
Record type Site
Current site name Tungston Pass Prospect
Alternate or previous names Red Castle Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.43353, 40.74578 (WGS84)
Elevation 3438
Relative position 1 MI. NNE YELLOW PEAK ( 11884 )

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garfield Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

High Uintas Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 004N 005W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 SEC. 15 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Uinta Mountain Group
    Rock description Uinta Mountain Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.43353, 40.74578
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG NW
    Length 36.58M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SURFACE PROSPECT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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