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Unknown #4

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10078565
MRDS ID W026951
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown #4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.23375, 38.53277 (WGS84)
Elevation 3636
Relative position APPROX. .6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MT. WAAS, 1.25 MILES NORTH - NORTH WEST OF MANNS PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Waas(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 SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SEC. 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.23375, 38.53277
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern La Sal Mtns., Miner'S Basin

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFERRED BY AUTHOR

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.001HA
    Length 12.19M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • DESCRIPTION COVERS 1 SHAFT, 1 ADIT, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS, ALL ORE OPEN.

Comments on development

  • CORE DRILLING WAS THE METHOD OF EXPLORATION AND WAS USED REGIONALLY ON THE SURFACE (NOT WITHIN THE MINE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1969 DIREXPL CYPRUS MINING CO., UNKNOWN

  • Deposit

    1976 DIREXPL UTAH INTERNATIONAL, UNPUBLISHED

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON HUNT, CHARLES B.; P. PAPER 294-I

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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