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Shaft North of Chloride Canyon

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095639
MRDS ID M058788
Record type Site
Current site name Shaft North of Chloride Canyon
Related records 10095900

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4747, 37.76053 (WGS84)
Elevation 1664
Relative position 14,000 FT N 88 W OF ANTELOPE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 015W 13 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Albite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock unit name Isom Formation
    Rock description Isom Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4747, 37.76053
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Striking Faults And Fracture Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHAFT IS IN PROPYLITICALLY ALTERED ISOM FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope Range District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE TIMBERED SHAFT ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1984, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY MINOR VEIN IN FRACTURE ZONE STRIKING NORTHWEST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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