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West Pole Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095648
MRDS ID M058870
Record type Site
Current site name West Pole Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51801, 38.36441 (WGS84)
Elevation 2323
Relative position 10,500 FEET S 42 E FROM TANNER MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 006W 22 NW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY IS PROBABLY U, BUT WAS NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Argillization, Minor Silicification, Pervasive Limonite Stain, Local Jarosite Stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51801, 38.36441
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Marysvale Volcanic Field, Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Prospect Located On A Ne Striking Fault.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT LOCATED CLOSE TO THE TOPOGRAPHIC WALL OF THE MOUNT BELKNAP CALDERA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT, ABOUT 80 FEET LONG, AND TWO DOZEN CUTS. ADIT IS FLOODED BUT OPEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, J.J., LANIGAN, J.C., CUNNINGHAM, C.G., AND NAESER, C.W., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER SE QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MF-1274

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF HIGHLY ARGILLIZED VOLCANICS WITH PERVASIVE LIMMONITE STAIN. ALSO PRESENT IS LOCAL SILICIFICATION AND LOCAL JAROSITE STAINING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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