Prospect West of Black Canyon

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. 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 10088829
MRDS ID M058922
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect West of Black Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08969, 38.12608 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 21,650 FEET S 20 W FROM NINEMILE KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninemile Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(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

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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 011W 09 NW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Advanced Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08969, 38.12608

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nne Striking Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jarloose District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERICKSON, M.P., AND DASCH, E.J., 1963, GEOLOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN NORTHWESTERN BLACK MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN SHAUNTIE HILLS, BEAVER AND IRON COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 6

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ADVANCED ARGILLIC ALTERATION OF ANDESITE AND ASH-FLOW TUFF. MINERALOGY INCLUDES ALUNITE, KAOLINITE, AND QUARTZ.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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