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Reality Adit

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055177
MRDS ID RE00227
Record type Site
Current site name Reality Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02391, 39.80633 (WGS84)
Elevation 2429
Relative position 8,300 FT N36E OF STUDHORSE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weaver Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 019W 05 NW/ OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GRAND JUNCTION 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ASSAY ON LIMONITE-STAINED SAMPLE YIELDED 0.01 OZ AU/TON
Result 10 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pogonip Group;Kanosh Shale;
    Rock description Pogonip Group;Kanosh Shale;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02391, 39.80633
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deep Creek West Flank Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Johnson Canyon Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer S.S. Worthington

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gash Brothers

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20 FT PROSPECT ADIT BEARING S45W.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 99, 62-66

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Blackett, Robert, E. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Spanski, Gregory T. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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