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Unknown Prospect

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010600
MRDS ID D004405
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84415, 38.35913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1991
Relative position 14 MILES SW OF UTAH HIGHWAY 21 "LIME POINT" TURN OFF.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 018W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal (Slight)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Sevey Dolomite
    Rock description Sevey Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84415, 38.35913
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 85 DEG E
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.009HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE INCLINE SHAFT 30 FT DEEP, 1 SHORT TRENCH (PIT) 10 FT DEEP, SOME SHALLOW DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS ALONG CONTACT OF DOLOMITE WITH VOLCANICS, AN ANDESITIC DOME FORMS A PROMINANT RIDGE 1/2 MILE TO THE NORTH (SAWTOOTH PEAK & ELEPHANT BACK)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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