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Occurrence in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078221
MRDS ID W026429
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.51741, 39.22775 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 3.1 MILES NE OF CHIMNEY ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chimney Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Huntington(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Price(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 012E 25 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite Staining Sandstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Navajo Sandstone;Carmel Formation
    Rock description Navajo Sandstone;Carmel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.51741, 39.22775
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 609.6M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Normal Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.009HA
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, PLUS MINOR PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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

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