Unknown Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Iron, Gold
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087444
MRDS ID D007373
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85251, 39.88633 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 100 FT W. OF INDIAN SQUAW ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goshute Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 018W 10 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Iron Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Limonite Near Contact With Vein & Stock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ibapah Stock (Host);Rhyolite Dikes
    Rock description Ibapah Stock (Host);Rhyolite Dikes
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation;Abercrombie Formation
    Rock description Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation;Abercrombie Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85251, 39.88633

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N5W
    Dip 90
    Plunge 45
    Plunge direction S
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Nw Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 0.91M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW SHAFT & PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV. UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI # 117

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8 (80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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