Old Faithful #2 Prospect

Occurrence in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090974
MRDS ID DB00744
Record type Site
Current site name Old Faithful #2 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.25992, 38.20831 (WGS84)
Elevation 2396
Relative position 3.6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GROVER, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 006E 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Sinbad Member Of Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Sinbad Member Of Moenkopi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.25992, 38.20831

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Miners Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Riley R. Osborn

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall length 3.66M
    Overall width 3.66M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TEST PIT ONLY
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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