Veater Mercury

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015581
MRDS ID DB01590
Record type Site
Current site name Veater Mercury
Alternate or previous names Spry, Dog Valley
Related records 10130239

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40634, 38.09858 (WGS84)
Elevation 2463
Relative position 1/2 MILE SW OF LITTLE DOG VALLEY PEAK

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 22,27,28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHWEST SIDE OF GRANITE KNOLLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Opal Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Opalization, Hematitization, Argillitization.

Analytical data

Result ROCK CONTAINS UP TO 0.5 PERCENT HG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Interbedded Andesite Flows, Tuffs, Breccias
    Rock description Interbedded Andesite Flows, Tuffs, Breccias
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Cottonwood Canyon Formation, Brian Head Group
    Rock description Cottonwood Canyon Formation, Brian Head Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40634, 38.09858

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone, Nearby Laccolith.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 38 E
    Dip 25 NW
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VERY NEAR LACCOLITHIC INTRUSION (MONZONITE).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Dog Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SCATTERED PITS ALONG STRIKE OF DEPOSIT, LARGEST 300 FEET X 200 FEET.

Comments on development

  • DRILLING REQUIRED TO PROPERLY EVALUATE DEPOSIT. ; ECON.COM: SMALL - LOW GRADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975 , P. 139 - 143 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOCHEM UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 , P. 142

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 , P. 140 .

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOPHYS UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 P. 143 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCONTINUOUS, VARIABLE GRADE IN ALTERED ZONE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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