Long Lick Prospect

Occurrence in Beaver 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. 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 10088824
MRDS ID M058900
Record type Site
Current site name Long Lick Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.27109, 38.3069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Relative position 10,300 FEET N 81 E FROM WHITE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 013W 11 SE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DENOTED AS A URANIUM PROSPECT BY STRINGHAM, 1963

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Dacite Of Shauntie Hills
    Rock description Dacite Of Shauntie Hills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Redwall Limestone
    Rock description Redwall Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.27109, 38.3069

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt.
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 25 W, 64 Se, Striking Dike (50' Wide) And Shear Zone, Brecciated Limestone Next To Dike

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 643 E
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Dike At N 25 W, 64 Se

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS DOZER CUTS AND SMALL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION LOCALIZED BY A DACITE DILA CUTTING LIMESTONE. DIKE IS ARGILLIZED AND LIMESTONE IS ARGILLIZED, SILICIFIED, BRECCIATED, AND LIMONITE STAINED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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