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Sam Spring Prospects

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088798
MRDS ID M058739
Record type Site
Current site name Sam Spring Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.93442, 37.12942 (WGS84)
Elevation 1347
Relative position 1700 FEET S 88 W FROM SAM SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Mountain Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 019W 14 SE OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF TUNGSTEN AND POSSIBLY ANOMALOUS IN GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic, Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.93442, 37.12942
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Detachment Fault, Cordilleran Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Detachment Fault, Quartz Veins At N 12 W, 55w

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 12 W
    Dip 55W
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Detachment Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT OCCURS IN THE FOOTWALL OF A DETACHMENT FAULT SEPARATING OVERLYING PALEOZOZ LIMESTONE FROM PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tutsagubet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 8 PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABUNDANT DISCONTINOUS VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE CONTAIN RARE CHALCOPYRITE AND COMMON MALACHITE STAIN. VEINS HOSTED BY PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS WHICH SHOWS ARGILLIC AND PROPYLITIC ALTERATION. DETACHMENT FAULT LOCATED NEARBY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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