Shaft South of Quail Creek

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042264
MRDS ID M058728
Record type Site
Current site name Shaft South of Quail Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.40663, 37.20442 (WGS84)
Elevation 963
Relative position 4080 FEET S 74 W FROM HARRISBURG

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 014W 22 NW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.40663, 37.20442

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hinge Line
Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 25 NW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphic Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDING IS AT N 40 E, 25 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Reef District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE 30-FOOT DEEP SHAFT WHICH IS STEEPLY INCLINED TO THE EAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 44

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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