Dml-6s Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087387
MRDS ID D006521
Record type Site
Current site name Dml-6s Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58441, 39.73301 (WGS84)
Elevation 1567
Relative position 2 MILES N-NE OF DESERT MTN RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Mountain Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 007W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granite;Granodiorite;Rhyolite Flows & Dikes
    Rock description Granite;Granodiorite;Rhyolite Flows & Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58441, 39.73301

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Is Bounded By 2 N-S Faults & Is Shattered W-Sw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike S70W
    Dip 80NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Fracture Zones That Strike W-Sw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Desert Mtn Unorganized Dist.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grant I. Garth (Locator, 79)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TRENCH & A SMALL (2 X 2 FT) HAND DUG PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, W.G., 1972, MAGNETIC & GRAVITY STUDY OF DESERT MTN., JUAB CO., UT: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 95

  • Deposit

    REES, D.C., ERICKSON, M.P., & WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOL. & DIATREMES OF DESERT MTN., UT: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #42

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOPHYS UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: BULL. 95

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: SS #42

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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