| 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: | -112.40634, 38.09858 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2463 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MILE SW OF LITTLE DOG VALLEY PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Garfield |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 031S | 005W | 22,27,28 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Metacinnabar | Ore |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Result | ROCK CONTAINS UP TO 0.5 PERCENT HG. |
|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -112.40634, 38.09858 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault Zone, Nearby Laccolith. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 38 E |
| Dip | 25 NW |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| District name | Dog Valley |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ruland Veater |
| Home office | Panguitch,Ut. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB01590 |
SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975 , P. 139 - 143 .
DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 107
1966 GEOCHEM UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 , P. 142
1966 GEOLMAP UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 , P. 140 .
1966 GEOPHYS UGMS - DOELLING, 1975 P. 143 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISCONTINUOUS, VARIABLE GRADE IN ALTERED ZONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1978 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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