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Plata Azul

Occurrence in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015232
MRDS ID DB00545
Record type Site
Current site name Plata Azul
Related records 10276356

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31134, 38.40358 (WGS84)
Elevation 2819
Relative position 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MT. BRIGHAM NEAR THE WATERFALL ALONG TWOMILE CREEK, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CANYON.

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 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Conglomerate
    Rock description Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31134, 38.40358
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ohio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner William Dunn, Ed Welch, Arnold Tate

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED ADIT FLOODED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978

Reporter information

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

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