| Deposit ID | 10055193 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00259 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lead Pit Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.90803, 39.82716 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1618 |
| Relative position | 12,000 FEET N20W OF KEG SPRING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Keg Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 011S | 009W | 31 | NE OF NW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A SAMPLE OF NEARLY MASSIVE GALENA SURROUNDED BY BLEACHED LIMESTONE CONTAINED <60 PPB AU, 1790 PPM SB, 324 PPM AS, >30,000 PPM BA, 370 PPM CR, <22 PPM CO, 1.3 % FE, <13 PPM MO, <100 PPM NI, 190 PPM AG, 18 PPM W, <3.4 PPM U, 390 PPM ZN, 2950 PPM CU, 24.4 % PB, <1 PPM BI. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| Rock unit name | Granodiorite;Andesite & Latite Flow (Host); | ||
| Rock description | Granodiorite;Andesite & Latite Flow (Host); | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Undivided Middle Cambrian Limestone;5; |
| Rock description | Undivided Middle Cambrian Limestone;5; |
| (1) | -112.90803, 39.82716 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Wnw-Striking Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1978 |
| Discoverer | Robaert And Terry Steele, Nephi, Utah |
| District name | Keg Mountain Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Western Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Steele, Robert And Terry |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00259 |
SHUBAT, M.A., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NORTHERN KEG MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, IN KOPP, R.S., AND COHENOUR, R.E., EDS., CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION 16, P. 451-462.
MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.
MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB, MILLARD, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-185.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF NEARLY MASSIVE PODS OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA REPLACING LIMESTONE. REPLACEMENT IS LOCALIZED ALONG A GRANODIORITE DIKE THAT WAS INJECTED ALONG A FAULT, BOTH STRIKING WNW. MINERALOGY CONSISTS OF GALENA WITH TRACE AMOUNTS OF PYRITE INCLUSIONS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1987 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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