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Piute Ridge Prospect

Occurrence in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094736
MRDS ID DB00750
Record type Site
Current site name Piute Ridge Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09577, 38.23525 (WGS84)
Elevation 2512
Relative position 1/2 MILE NORTHWEST OF BLOOD MINE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phonolite Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 02W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC. 2 T 30 S R 2 1/2 W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Moderate Bleaching Along Vein

Analytical data

Result PPM: CU = 17
Result PB = 12
Result ZN = 26
Result MO = 5 AG = 2
Result AU = .43

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09577, 38.23525
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Normal Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kingston Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dallas Billingsley

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADIT, CAVED OR FILLED

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS ALONG A FAULT.

Reporter information

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

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