Carp Fluoride Adit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042314
MRDS ID M058885
Record type Site
Current site name Carp Fluoride Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14024, 38.3644 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position 2900 FEET S 27 W FROM USMM2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 012W 24 SE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES PROBABLY INCLUDE PB AND AG, BUT OXIDATION IS SUCH THAT MINERALS UNIDENTIFIABLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Pakoon Dolomite-Callville Limestone, Undivided
    Rock description Pakoon Dolomite-Callville Limestone, Undivided

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14024, 38.3644

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ene Striking Strike Slip Fault Cutting Limestone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 E TO N 68 E
    Dip 90
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Wallace Fotheringham

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carp Fluoride Inc, Wallace Fotheringham

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 129.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT WITH ONE FORK. TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS 425 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AT LEAST THREE ZONES OF SHEARING AND BRECCIATION. QUARTZ HEMATITE, LIMONITE, CLAY, AND CALCITE OCCUR IN THE SHEAR ZONES. CALCITE NEXT TO ZONES ARE RECRYTALLIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.