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Union Oil, Utah State 42-7 Well

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Geothermal, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010594
MRDS ID D004395
Record type Site
Current site name Union Oil, Utah State 42-7 Well
Alternate or previous names Utah State Lease # 29558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.56773, 38.56857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position 1066 M. NORTH OF SULPHURDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cove Fort(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 006W 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Geothermal Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • METALS NOT TARGETED FOR EXTRACTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay, Serpentinite, Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.56773, 38.56857
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin/Plateau Transition Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local N S Trending High Angle Faults And Low Angle Glide Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Bound

Comments on the geologic information

  • METALS DEPOSITION LIKELY OCCURRING IN GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sulphurdale

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Union Oil Co.

Comments on development

  • SITE TARGETED FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; PRESENCE OF BASE METALS MORE TYPICAL OF HIGHER TEMPERATURE SYSTEMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Everts, Mike L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey

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