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Alamo Adit

Occurrence in Grand 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078552
MRDS ID W026934
Record type Site
Current site name Alamo Adit
Related records 10227410

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.26375, 38.52916 (WGS84)
Elevation 3316
Relative position 1.0 MILES SW OF MT. WAAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warner Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 024E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC. 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name La Sal Stock
    Rock description La Sal Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.26375, 38.52916
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Sal Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 19.81M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE CAVED ADIT AND 4 SMALL PROSPECTS.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT IS INACCESSIBLE AND DEPOSIT INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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