Reservoir Prospects

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Alteration
  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 10042301
MRDS ID M058842
Record type Site
Current site name Reservoir Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02138, 38.00024 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position 5,600 FEET S 87 W FROM STATE LINE CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rice Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 032S 019W 19 NE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES PROBABLY INCLUDE AU AND AG BUT WERE NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Argillization, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02138, 38.00024

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Striking Faults And Fracture Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 70W
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stateline District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 411.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS, A PROSPECT PIT AND A SHAFT. ONE ADIT IS ABOUT 800 FEET LONG WITH A STOPED AREA AT THE ENTRANCE AND TWO NARROW STOPES WITHIN AN EAST ADIT IS 350 FEET LONG AND STRAIGHT, THE REMAINING ADIT IS COLLAPSED. THE SHAFT ABOUT 50 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF THREE SEPARATE VEINS. ALL VEINS STRIKE NNE, ARE HOSTED BY RHYOLITE, AND ARE TYPICAL EPITHERMAL VEIN PROSPECTS. THE CENTER VEIN CONTAINS ABUNDANT BRECCIA.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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