| Deposit ID | 10020289 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12935 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Virginia Prospect |
| Related records | 10299843 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.40413, 39.84439 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1969 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MILE NE OF USMM #1 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cherry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BLM Administrative Area(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 011S | 005W | 28 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc |
| Rock description | Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites |
| Rock description | Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -112.40413, 39.84439 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S. |
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Width | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | West Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12935 |
STRINGHAM, B F, 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL, V 53, NO 2
PERRY, L I & MCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SS #22
CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-21-1958
1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 111
1945 RECON HOBBS, S W, USGS OPEN FILE RPT
1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC 8014
EVERTS, M L, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SUR
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS CONCENTRATED ALONG THE MARGIN OF THE DIKE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1975 | Mc Coy, Gail | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1980 | Everts, Mike L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.