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Dana Prospect

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087312
MRDS ID D006238
Record type Site
Current site name Dana Prospect
Related records 10178335

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.11432, 40.94467 (WGS84)
Elevation 2374
Relative position 1/2 MILE E OF COTTONWOOD SPRING ON BENDER MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Creek Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 025E 05 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Red Creek Quartzite;Uinta Mtn Group
    Rock description Red Creek Quartzite;Uinta Mtn Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.11432, 40.94467
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Uinta Mtn. Group-Red Creek Complex Fault Contact

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.91M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bender Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Timothy And Turner
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA, UTAH, COLORADO, WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PP 490

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT CO, UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 66.

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST UT. GEOL AND MINER SUR.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UT. GEOL AND MINER. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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