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Highland Group

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011182
MRDS ID D005485
Record type Site
Current site name Highland Group
Related records 10179549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.46248, 37.70219 (WGS84)
Elevation 2239
Relative position 8,200 FEET NORTH NORTHWEST OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier 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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 014W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ADDITIONAL SECTIONS 7&8, ALSO SECTION 1 T 36 S. R. 15 W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hematite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.46248, 37.70219
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG NE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

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 BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Heber Holt
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS DOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1979 RECON UGMS ON SITE INVESTIGATIO

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I. 1979, GEOLOGIST

Reporter information

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

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