| Deposit ID | 10088826 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058906 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Francine's Pit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.28998, 38.4019 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1838 |
| Relative position | 7,700 FEET S 31 W FROM SQUAW PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sevier Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 013W | 03 | SE OF NE OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Kaolin | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Kaolinite | Ore |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Tuff Member Of The Quartz Latite Of Squaw Peak | ||||||
| Rock description | Tuff Member Of The Quartz Latite Of Squaw Peak | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | -113.28998, 38.4019 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pioche Mineral Belt |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Squaw Peak Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058906 |
LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-724, SCALE 1:48,000
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
STRINGHAM B., 1964, ALTERNATION AREA SOUTH OF THE HORN SILVER MINE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 9
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF HIGHLY ALTERED TUFF. TUFF ALTERED TO HIGH ALUMINA CLAYS BY ACID SOLUTIONS GENERATED AT THE UPPER LEVELS OF A HOT SPRINGS SYSTEM |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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