Francis 1 & 2

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087205
MRDS ID D005516
Record type Site
Current site name Francis 1 & 2
Alternate or previous names William Daughty, Jerry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.44331, 37.72553 (WGS84)
Elevation 2015
Relative position 1,400 FT WNW OF PEAK ELEV. 6896 SW 1/4 29, T.35S, R.14W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 014W 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Clarion Formation
    Rock description Clarion Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.44331, 37.72553

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing & Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF A SHAFT & ASSOCIATED DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1979 RECON UGMS ON-SITE INVESTIGATIO

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, GEOLOGIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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