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Caliente #5

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. 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 10042266
MRDS ID M058733
Record type Site
Current site name Caliente #5
Related records 10204228

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03496, 37.08499 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 16,700 FEET S 52 E OF SMITHSONIAN BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smithsonian Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 011W 36 SE OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

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 Shinarump Member Of The Chinle Formation
    Rock description Shinarump Member Of The Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.03496, 37.08499
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hingeline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstone Channel Sand Lens

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vermilion Cliffs Area; Kolob

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.438HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on development

  • UGMS PERSONNEL DID RECONAISSANCE OF AREA IN 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS FILES

  • Deposit

    PILLMORE, C.L., 1956, PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VIRGIN SE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH AND MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-179

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUPLICATE DC15456 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Perry, Lee I. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

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