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Spring Creek Prospects

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090822
MRDS ID D006273
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Creek Prospects
Alternate or previous names Antelope Flat Deposits
Related records 10202824

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.39933, 40.99801 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position SIX MILES NORTH OF FLAMING GORGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper 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 Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 022E 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result 23% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Rock Springs Member Mesa Verde Formation;Sand
    Rock description Rock Springs Mbr. Mesa Verde Formation;Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.39933, 40.99801
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND NODULES
    Strike N 73 W
    Dip 27 N
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fossil Beach Sands

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope Flat Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Forest Service

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS IN UTAH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY EXPOSED IN UTAH; MOSTLY COVERED BY RUBBLE FROM ERICSON FM; DATA ABOVE TAKEN AT SPRING CREEK GAP, WYOMING 1 1/2 MILES TO THE WEST; LIMONITE FLOAT NOTED IN UTAH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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