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Arizona

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088186
MRDS ID DB01044
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona
Alternate or previous names River #2
Related records 10179004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.35941, 37.19415 (WGS84)
Elevation 890
Relative position 12800 FEET SOUTHWEST OF SANDSTONE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 013W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Silver Reef Sandstone
    Rock description Silver Reef Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.35941, 37.19415
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 35 DEG
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shally Layer Containing Clay Galls And Carboneous Trash

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harrisberg

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND 1 SHALLOW ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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