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Prince Prospect

Prospect in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021137
MRDS ID DC15034
Record type Site
Current site name Prince Prospect
Alternate or previous names Apex
Related records 10178840

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51635, 38.42191 (WGS84)
Elevation 2292
Relative position 650 METERS SE OF INDIAN CREEK GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pole Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 006W 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Mt Belknap Rhyolite
    Rock description Mt Belknap Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51635, 38.42191
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin/Plateau Transition
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Louis Lessing
  • Type Owner
    Owner Energy Fuels

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 76.2M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, ENERGY FUELS DRILLED AT LEAST 3 EXPLORATION HOLES ON THE PROPERTY IN 1977.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATIONS.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-04-1970

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

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