Placer Mines

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087230
MRDS ID D005791
Record type Site
Current site name Placer Mines
Related records 10129950

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.3961, 39.18162 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 13100 FT E OF PAINTER SPRING

Site location context

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)

Tule Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 019S 014W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Painter Springs Intrusion
    Rock description Painter Springs Intrusion
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    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 Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.3961, 39.18162

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUNGSTEN OCCURS AS FINE DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE POWDER. GOLD OCCURS AS PLACER IN WEATHERED DETRITUS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name House Range

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Notch Peak Minerals
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.227HA
    Overall length 106.68M
    Overall width 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF-636

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR #8014

  • Deposit

    1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MERIDIAN RPT. V. 3

  • Deposit

    1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COLL. V. 53

  • Deposit

    1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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