| Deposit ID | 10009246 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002014 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sheeprock Mine |
| Related records | 10300351 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.5694, 38.38053 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2134 |
| Relative position | 1 1/2 MILES WEST SW OF TANNER MTN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pole Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Beaver(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
Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 006W | 07 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Potassium | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | 2 X-RAY SAMPLES INDICATE 27% ALUNITE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Mt. Belknap Rhyolite |
| Rock description | Mt. Belknap Rhyolite |
| (1) | -112.5694, 38.38053 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt, Marysvale Volcanic Field |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults, Nne To N-S Striking, Down-To-The-West Normalfaults |
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N20 DEG S |
| Dip | 60-70 DEG E |
| Thickness | 85.34M |
| Length | 365.76M |
| Width | 182.88M |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | W.A. Wilson |
| District name | Newton District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 152.4M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Overall length | 76.2M |
| Overall width | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002014 |
CUNNINGHAM,C.G., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER NE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U. S. GEOL. -SURVEY MAP MF-1191
ELEVATORSKI, A. E., 1982, VOLCANOGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS: MINOBRAS PUBLICATION, AVAILABLE FROM MINOBRAS, P. O. BOX 262-, DANA POINT, CA., 92629
1910 RECON BUTLER, B.S., PUB
1914 RECON LOUGHLIN, PUB
1940 RECON USBM: PUB
1943 GEOMAP CALLAGHAN & WILLARD, MAP
BUTLER & OTHERS, 1920.^253 LOUGHLIN, 1915.^253 CALLAGHAN,1938, 1973, 1961.^253 THOENEN, 1941.
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
| 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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