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The Tar Claims

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Mercury, Copper
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094326
MRDS ID D004392
Record type Site
Current site name The Tar Claims
Related records 10251152

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.43387, 38.22163 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 2 MILES NE OF IRON MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 014W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SEC. 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Fe Stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dolomite
    Rock description Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.43387, 38.22163
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40 DEG E
    Dip 18 DEG NW
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CINNABAR MINERALIZATION IN PIT IS 20-30 FT THICK MOSTLY VERTICAL & PINCHES OUT ABOUT 20 FEET FROM TOP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blawn Mtn

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.002HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT (50 FT) AND A PROSPECT PIT 300 METERS EAST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHANNEL SAMPLE OF PINK RED CINNABAR VEIN HIGH GRADE SELECTIVE SAMPLE INTERVAL 1 FOOT AT MOUTH OF SHORT ADIT HG, U3O8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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