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Unknown Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011045
MRDS ID D005229
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19024, 37.51276 (WGS84)
Elevation 1708
Relative position 10,850 SOUTH BY CEMENTARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kanarraville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 038S 012W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab Limestone
    Rock description Kaibab Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19024, 37.51276
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hurricane Fault System

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Gouge

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF PROSPECT PIT & A CAVED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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