Yellow Cougar

Prospect in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203215
MRDS ID DB01896
MAS/MILS ID 0490410175
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Cougar
Related records 10096897

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.28608, 38.50827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 026 S 004 W 30 SWSWNW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE UTAH/NEVADA BORDER: TOTAL AREA IS 5100 ACRES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.28608, 38.50827

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Clifton Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1997
    First year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UGMS ECON FILES CRIB 41 SEVIER

  • Deposit

    "CLIFTON ANNOUNCES 41 PERCENT INCREASE IN ESTIMATED RESOURCE

  • Deposit

    VALUE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS ON YELLOW COUGAR SHEAR VEIN."

  • Deposit

    POINT CAST PR NEWSWIRE, 4-29-97.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #19, MAY 7, 1997, P1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references