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Jeep Spring Prospect

Occurrence in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088131
MRDS ID DB00733
Record type Site
Current site name Jeep Spring Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07327, 38.19969 (WGS84)
Elevation 2109
Relative position .7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHONOLITE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phonolite Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork 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 030S 2W 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 13 T 30 S R 2 1/2 W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result PPM: CU = 29
Result PB = 15
Result ZN = 44
Result MO = 11 . SECOND SAMPLE PPM: CU = 13
Result PB = 111
Result ZN = 18
Result MO = 4 .

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Miocene volcanic rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Normal Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Phonolite Hill Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

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

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PROSPECT PIT, A TRENCH, AND A CAVED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 2 SELECT SAMPLES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT FOLLOWS A NORMAL FAULT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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