| Deposit ID | 10089464 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026912 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Venus Mine |
| Related records | 10275954 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.24208, 38.53749 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3456 |
| Relative position | .7 MILES WEST OF MOUNT WAAS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grand(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Waas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Grand |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026S | 024E | 14 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -109.24208, 38.53749 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fissure |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 25 DEG E |
| Dip | 81 DEG NW |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 6.1M |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Depth to top | 4.57M |
| Depth to bottom | 9.14M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| District name | La Sal Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 22.86M |
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026912 |
HUNT, C.B., 1956 , STRUCTURAL AND IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF THE LA SAL MTNS, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER. 294-I
1913 RECON HILL, J.M., USGS BULL 530
1958 COMPILE HUNT, C.B., USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 294-I
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1977 | Mc Carthy, Blair M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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