| Deposit ID | 10042264 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058728 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Shaft South of Quail Creek |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.40663, 37.20442 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 963 |
| Relative position | 4080 FEET S 74 W FROM HARRISBURG |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washington(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Harrisburg Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(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 | Washington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 041S | 014W | 22 | NW OF SE OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Silver Reef Member Of The Chinle | ||||
| Rock description | Silver Reef Member Of The Chinle | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.40663, 37.20442 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Cordilleran Hinge Line |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Virgin Anticline |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 40 E |
| Dip | 25 NW |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silver Reef District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058728 |
PROCTOR, P.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 44
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MINOR DISSEMINATED MALACHITE IN WHITE SANDSTONE. THIS IS PART OF THE SILVER REEF SANDSTONE-HOSTED CU-AG DEPOSIT |
| Deposit | DUPLICATE RE00122 HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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