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Yellow-Bird Mine

Occurrence in Duchesne county in Utah, United States with commodities Zinc, Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094725
MRDS ID DB00217
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow-Bird Mine
Related records 10227500

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7777, 40.50523 (WGS84)
Elevation 2731
Relative position IN BLIND STREAM 6000 FT DUE EAST OF HILL 10602

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grandaddy Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley 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 Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 001N 008W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SEC. 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.002 OZ/T AU.
Result .05 OZ/T AG
Result .002 % CU
Result .004 % PB
Result .006 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Humbug Formation
    Rock description Humbug Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.7777, 40.50523
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 3.05M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gladys Mecham; Et Al

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 14.63M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADIT TRENDING EAST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SELECT SAMPLE OF HEMATITIC STAINED CALCITE MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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