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Pilot Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094351
MRDS ID D005246
Record type Site
Current site name Pilot Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hazel, Enterprise

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.7697, 37.45554 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 2500 FEET SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PEAK 6628 IN SECTION 21 & 20000 FT WEST PEAK 6272 SECTION 28 T 38S, R 17W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maple Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dixie 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 017W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 31% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Isom Formation;Quichapa Formation;Bull Valley Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Isom Formation;Quichapa Formation;Bull Valley Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.7697, 37.45554
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Strike

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milner Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 8.762HA
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS 2 ADITS, EXTENSIVE DOZER CUTS & EXTENSIVE DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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

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