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Unknown Prospect

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094327
MRDS ID D004396
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.56773, 38.54968 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position 6,000 FT SE OF SULPHUR DALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cove Fort(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(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

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 006W 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Latite Porp. Member Of Bullion Canyon Vol
    Rock description Latite Porp. Mbr Of Bullion Canyon Vol
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.56773, 38.54968
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin/Plateau Transition Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Normal & Glide Faults, N-S High Angle Normal, And Nw Dipping Glide Faults

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT-TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gordan/Sulphurdale

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Forminco Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 21.34M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

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

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