| Deposit ID | 10095635 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058726 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Buckeye Reef Prospects |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.36691, 37.24248 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1067 |
| Relative position | 2,300 FEET N 49 W FROM LEEDS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washington(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hurricane(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Washington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 041S | 013W | 07 | NW OF NW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lower Chinle | ||||
| Rock description | Lower Chinle | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.36691, 37.24248 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Cordilleran Hingeline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Leeds Anticline, Leeds Syncline, And Virgin Anticline, All Trending Northeast |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Strike | WEST-NORTHWEST |
| Dip | 20 NORTH |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silver Reef District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 4.57M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058726 |
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
PROCTOR, P.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 44
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSIST OF MALACHITE AND SILVER MINERALS DEPOSITED IN A CHANNEL SANDSTONE LENSE WITH PLANT FOSSILS. MALACHITE WAS SEEN TO REPLACE REED FOSSILS AND IS RARELY DISSEMINATED. |
| Deposit | DUPLICATE RE00100 HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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