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South Ofer Basin Prospect

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042279
MRDS ID M058798
Record type Site
Current site name South Ofer Basin Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.04972, 37.96746 (WGS84)
Elevation 2457
Relative position 11,700 FEET S 70 W FROM THE TOWNSITE OF STATE LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 020W 02 NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES MAY INCLUDE SMALL QUANTITIES OF AU AND AG, BUT WERE NOT SEEN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Sericitization Of Feldspars

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.04972, 37.96746
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stateline District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SMALL PROSPECT PITS A FEW FEET DEEP

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT DOES NOT OUTCROP. FLOAT CONSISTS OF WHITE QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL UP TO SEVERAL INCHES WIDE. CONTAINS DARK-GRAY, SEMI-METALLIC OXIDE. HOST IS ARGILLIZED, LIMONITE STAINED, AND CONTAINS SERICITE

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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