Kimble - Turner

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088132
MRDS ID DB00735
Record type Site
Current site name Kimble - Turner
Alternate or previous names Oro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.78601, 38.06331 (WGS84)
Elevation 3170
Relative position 1000 FT. NORTH OF KIMBLE - TURNER PEAK ON MT. ELLEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ellen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 010E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 34 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mt. Ellen Diorite
    Rock description Mt. Ellen Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.78601, 38.06331

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns./Bromide Basin

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1900. ADDITIONAL SMALL PRODUCTION MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN THE 1930'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 114.3M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL PARALLELING FISSURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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