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Reber Wash Prospects

Occurrence in Washington 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042273
MRDS ID M058761
Record type Site
Current site name Reber Wash Prospects
Related records 10055135

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.95164, 37.11831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1186
Relative position 4400 FEET S 66 W FROM REBER SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Cliff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 019W 22 SE 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
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic Alteration Of Argillite To Clays

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.95164, 37.11831
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Detachment Fault On The West Side Of Beaver Dam Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins At N 40 W, Abundant Fractures At N 40 E,

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 75SW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone Striking N 40 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECTS LOCATED CLOSE TO DETACHMENT FAULT, PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 FEET STRUCTURALLY BENEATH THE FAULT SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tutsagubet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE DOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS UP TO ONE FOOT IN WIDTH. MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF BLEBS OF CHALCOPYRITE, LARGELY OXIDIZED, HOSTED BY BULL QUARTZ IN VEINS.

Reporter information

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

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

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