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Elephant

Prospect in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015223
MRDS ID DB00523
Record type Site
Current site name Elephant
Related records 10252270

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33467, 38.39219 (WGS84)
Elevation 3316
Relative position 1/2 MILE NORTH BY NORTHEAST OF MT. BRIGHAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33467, 38.39219
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ohio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Craig Kennedy
    Home office Marysvale

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINERALIZATION IN THIS DEPOSIT IS VERY SPARSE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT IS CAVED 500 FT. BACK

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING LIMONITE AND PYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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