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Venus Prospect

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087121
MRDS ID D005190
Record type Site
Current site name Venus Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.04555, 37.98357 (WGS84)
Elevation 2426
Relative position 1750 FEET SOUTHEAST OF GOVERNMENT PEAK

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 020W 35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.04555, 37.98357
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ribbon Lineament

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG NW
    Length 609.6M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting & Fracturing

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 Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF A SHAFT 100 FEET DEEP & 2 LEVELS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Perry, Lee I. 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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