| Deposit ID | 10095638 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058768 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Smith Mesa Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.15051, 37.30609 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1362 |
| Relative position | 20,400 FEET N 05 W FROM JUNCTION OF DRY CREEK AND NORTH CREEK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washington(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Smith Mesa(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Washington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 040S | 012W | 13 | NW OF SE OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gemstone | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Petrified Wood | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Chinle | ||||
| Rock description | Chinle | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.15051, 37.30609 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Cordilleron Hingeline |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Kolob Terrace District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058768 |
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF PETRIFIED WOOD OF THE CHINLE FORMATION WITH A TRACE OF MALACHITE. NO WORKINGS PRESENT |
| Deposit | DUPLICATE RECORD RE00055 HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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