Unknown Prospects

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101646
MRDS ID D006186
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.46166, 39.85772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 1/4 MILE WEST OF GALENA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 014W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Dike
    Rock description Rhyolite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lost Sheep Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite
    Rock description Lost Sheep Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.46166, 39.85772

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Structures
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Assy. Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR FISSURES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Utah-Galena Ore Fissure That Strikes E-W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FIGURES UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT & SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON BYU GEOL. STUDIES V. 22

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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