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Pine Grove Summit Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042324
MRDS ID M058915
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Grove Summit Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.57943, 38.32857 (WGS84)
Elevation 2493
Relative position 11,900 FEET N 68 E FROM BURNT STUMP SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lamerdorf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 015W 31 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AG WAS NOT OBSERVED BUT IS INFERRED TO BE PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock unit name Lamerdorf Tuff Member Of The Escalante Desert Formation
    Rock description Lamerdorf Tuff Member Of The Escalante Desert Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.57943, 38.32857
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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 N 30 W Striking Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone At N 30 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS ARE UNDIFFERENTIATED MIDDLE CAMBRIAN LIMESTONE. ASH-FLOW TUFF EXISTS ADJACENT TO DEPOSIT BUT IS UNRELODED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine Grove District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE LARGE CUT ABOUT 100 FEET IN DIAMETER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, J.T., BEST, M.G., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1983, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE GROVE-BLAWN MOUNTAIN AREA, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-1479

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL PODS OF GALENA AND FLUORITE. GALENA IS LARGELY OXIDIZED QUARTZ CRYSTALS COMMONLY LINING VUGS.

Reporter information

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

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