Bromide Crosscut

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten
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. 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. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015316
MRDS ID DB00706
Record type Site
Current site name Bromide Crosscut
Related records 10130144

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79045, 38.0672 (WGS84)
Elevation 3060
Relative position JUST EAST OF SOUTH SUMMIT RIDGE ON MT. ELLEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ellen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 010E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SECTION 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mt. Ellen Diorite
    Rock description Mt. Ellen Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mancos Shale

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns./Bromide Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frank Lawler

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION COMBINED WITH BROMIDE BASIN MINE, SEE 17 - MT. ELLEN - 13

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 342.9M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS END UNDER BROMIDE FISSURE, WHERE THE FISSURE WAS POORLY DEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOWER PART OF BROMIDE BASIN FISSURE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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