| Deposit ID | 10055108 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00056 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prospects West of Bullion Canyon Adits |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.48025, 37.7158 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1771 |
| Relative position | 4400 FEET N29W FROM THE 7416 FT PEAK IN THE NW CORNER OF SEC. 6, T. 36 S, R. 14 W |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(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)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 035S | 015W | 36 | SW OF SW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Cretaceous Iron Springs Or Eocene Claron; |
| Rock description | Cretaceous Iron Springs Or Eocene Claron; |
| (1) | -113.48025, 37.7158 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Cordilleran Hingeline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northwest Striking Fracture-Stockwork Zone |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N50W |
| Dip | 70 NE |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Antelope Range District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00056 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058853 | =newMRDS 10042305, merged and deleted. |
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE MINING DISTRICT: UGMS, PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS.
MCINTOSH, S., UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS IN PROGRESS, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL ZONES OF CU AND POSSIBLE AG MINERALIZATION WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF CHALCEDONIC STOCKWORK. THE LARGEST VEIN IS ABOUT 6" WIDE. VEINS ARE VERY VUGGY WITH ABUNDANT QUARTZ CRYSTALS LINING VUGS. STAINING INCLUDES LIMONITE, HEMATITE AND MANGANESE. MINOR BLADED BARITE CRYSTALS ALSO PRESENT IN VEINS. MINERALIZATION INCLUDES MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA STAINS, CRYSTALLINE MALACHITE IN VUGS (FINE, RADIATING, PRISMATIC CLUSTERS OF A BRIGHT EMERALD GREEN MINERAL), AND AN UNIDENTIFIED SUB-METALLIC, FINE-GRAINED, AMORPHOUS GRAY MATERIAL |
| Deposit | Deleted completely duplicate record 10042305, except for old MRDS no. M058853. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-85 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey | |
| Editor | 03-AUG-11 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | M058853 = newMRDS 10042305, merged and deleted. |
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