| Deposit ID | 10101623 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005809 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fluorite Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Virginia Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.16524, 38.3269 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1771 |
| Relative position | 5/8 OF A MILE EAST SOUTHEAST OF SHAVNTIE WELL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Picacho Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 012W | 36 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Intrusives Undifferientiated |
| Rock description | Intrusives Undifferientiated |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Shauntee Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock description | Shauntee Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -113.16524, 38.3269 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Colorado Plateau/Basin And Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Eastward Dipping Homocline (Star Range) Believed To Be Part Of An Eastward Moving Thrust Plate. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 W |
| Dip | 40 SW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Star District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005809 |
ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO, UT, UGMS SPEC S 46
GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973; UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL 3.
PERRY, L I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22.
1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80
BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UTAH P HD THESIS.
1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111
1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU STUDIES V 9
1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V USGS BULL 1135-B
1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3
1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46
EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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