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Yellow Cougar

Prospect in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096897
MRDS ID DB01896
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Cougar
Related records 10203215

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28828, 38.50803 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 9300 FEET SOUTHEAST OF SARGENT MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(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 Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 004W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritic And Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Latite
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.28828, 38.50803
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Mountain

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS & DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L. I., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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