| Deposit ID | 10087223 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005772 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North Elephant Prospects |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.12469, 38.34913 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1780 |
| Relative position | 2.4 MILES WNW OF HEARN WELL & 1.7 MILES SSE OF USMM2 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Milford Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(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 | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 011W | 30 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Intrusives Undifferientiated |
| Rock description | Intrusives Undifferientiated |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Tailsman Quartzite |
| Rock description | Tailsman Quartzite |
| (1) | -113.12469, 38.34913 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Colorado Plateau/Basin & Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Eastward Dipping Homocline (Star Range) Believed To Be Part Of An Eastward Moving Thrust Plate. |
| General form | IRREGULAR VEIN |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Star District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005772 |
ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J, A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO, UT, UGMS SPEC S 46
GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973, UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL 3.
PERRY, L, I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT # 22.
BAER, J L, 1962, GEOL OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B Y U STUDIES, V 9, PART 2, P 29-52.
1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80
BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UTAH P HD THESIS.
1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111
1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU STUDIES V 9
1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V, USGS BULL 1135-B
1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3
1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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