Plumbic Prospect

Occurrence in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088082
MRDS ID DB00546
Record type Site
Current site name Plumbic Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21772, 38.49025 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 2.9 MILES NORTH OF MARYSVALE, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 003W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Red Welded Tuff
    Rock description Red Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21772, 38.49025

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Jeepster Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer American Smelting And Refining

Mining district

District name Durfee District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Energy Fuels

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORATION DRIFTING ENCOUNTERED ONLY WEAK MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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