| Deposit ID | 10096890 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB01335 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Colt Mesa Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.08407, 37.72666 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1756 |
| Relative position | WEST END OF COLT MESA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Garfield(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Horse Pasture Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Escalante(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)
Upper 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 | Garfield |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 035S | 007E | 36 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Cobalt Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Erythrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | 2 FOOT CHANNEL = 13.28 % CU, 0.14 OZ/TON AG, 0.015 % MO. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Shinarump Member/Chinle Formation |
| Rock description | Shinarump Mbr/Chinle Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| (1) | -111.08407, 37.72666 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sw Flank Of Circle Cliffs Anticline |
| General form | LENSES AND PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 W |
| Dip | 3 DEG SW |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 4.57M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Henry Mtns/Circle Cliffs |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Year | 1975 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | CU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^3.5 Percent Cu | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 106.68M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB01335 |
SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975
DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .
DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES 22 .
DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .
1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 10
DOELLING, H. H., 1975 PAGE 132 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEVERAL PODS, ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN 1973 . |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1978 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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