Shafts West of State Line

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086664
MRDS ID M058796
Record type Site
Current site name Shafts West of State Line

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.01971, 37.99913 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Relative position 2,400 FEET N 86 W FROM THE TOWNSITE OF STATE LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 032S 019W 19 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1972 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES PROBABLY INCLUDE AU AND AG, BUT WERE NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillic Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.01971, 37.99913

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Striking Fracture Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE IS EITHER ON ASH-FLOW TUFF, OR FLOW BANDED RHYOLITE FLOW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stateline District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, ONE ON THE EAST VEIN AND ONE ON THE WEST. BOTH SHAFTS ARE INCLINED TO FOLLOW VEINS. EACH SHAFT IS LESS THAN 100 FEET. TWO PROSPECT PITS ALSO IN VICINITY

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO VEINS, BOTH STRIKING NNE. EAST VEIN DIPS 60W, WEST VEIN DIPS 50 E. EAST VEIN FOOTWALL IS A BRECCIA ZONE, BOTH VEINS ARE 2 TO 3 FEET WIDE. DOMINANTLY QUARTZ WITH PYRITE
Deposit TYPICAL EPITHERMAL, VOLCANIC-HOSTED, QUARTZ-PYRITE VEIN ASSEMBLEGE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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