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Radio Towers Prospect

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042296
MRDS ID M058824
Record type Site
Current site name Radio Towers Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.38442, 38.12441 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652
Relative position 11,350 FEET N 86 E FROM THE SUMMIT OF BRONZE KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lund(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 014W 11 NW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Montmorillonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.38442, 38.12441
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA WAS MAPPED AS ALLUVIUM AND LAVAS UNIT. AIR-FALL TUFF MAY BE LOCAL MEMBER OF THIS UNIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lund Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 5 PROSPECT TRENCHES EACH ABOUT 50 FEET LONG AND 2 FEET DEEP. DOZER CUTS ARE SPACED ABOUT 50 FEET APART AND ARE PARALLEL ACROSS RIDGE TOP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF WEATHERED VOLCANIC AIR-FALL TUFF OR WATERLAIN TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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