| Deposit ID | 10088829 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058922 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prospect West of Black Canyon |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.08969, 38.12608 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 21,650 FEET S 20 W FROM NINEMILE KNOLL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ninemile Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(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 | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 031S | 011W | 09 | NW OF SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Kaolin | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Kaolinite | Ore |
| Alunite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -113.08969, 38.12608 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nne Striking Faults |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Jarloose District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058922 |
ERICKSON, M.P., AND DASCH, E.J., 1963, GEOLOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN NORTHWESTERN BLACK MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN SHAUNTIE HILLS, BEAVER AND IRON COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 6
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ADVANCED ARGILLIC ALTERATION OF ANDESITE AND ASH-FLOW TUFF. MINERALOGY INCLUDES ALUNITE, KAOLINITE, AND QUARTZ. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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