| Deposit ID | 10087000 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004370 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Bird |
| Alternate or previous names | Rainbow |
| Related records | 10179628 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.3761, 39.18967 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2469 |
| Relative position | AMASA VALLEY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Millard(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Notch Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 | Millard |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 019S | 014W | 01 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Idocrase | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Painter Springs Intrusion | ||||||
| Rock description | Painter Springs Intrusion | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Big Hourse Canyon Ls Member Of The Orr Formation;Weeks Formation;Marjum Formation |
| Rock description | Big Hourse Canyon Ls Mbr. Of The Orr Formation;Weeks Formation;Marjum Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -113.3761, 39.18967 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | The Area Is A Limestone Roof Pendant Domed Up By The Intrusive. It Is Also A Titled (Se) Fault Block |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N35E |
| Dip | 12SE |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 167.64M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Depth to top | 3.05M |
| Depth to bottom | 9.14M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1955 |
| District name | House Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Notch Peak Minerals |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Bureau Of Land Management |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 38.1M |
| Overall width | 12.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004370 |
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF-636
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR #8014
1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MERIDIAN RPT. V.3
1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COLL. V.53
1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6
EVERETT, F.D., 1961.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CLAIMS ARE UP TO DATE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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