Granite Knolls North

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Silver
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 10015576
MRDS ID DB01569
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Knolls North
Related records 10299775

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41217, 38.09247 (WGS84)
Elevation 2402
Relative position NORTHWEST OF GRANITE VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fremont Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 005W 28 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE 2 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Spry Stock
    Rock description Spry Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Callville Limestone
    Rock description Callville Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.41217, 38.09247

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone, Nearby Laccouth

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.3M
    Width 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Local Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dog Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ruland Veater
    Home office Panguitch,Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1.52M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975 , P. 139

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 107

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP UGMS-DOELLING, 1975 P. 140

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOPHYS UGMS-DOELLING, 1975 , P. 143

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LOCAL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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