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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10011183
MRDS ID D005486
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.43775, 37.7158 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1,800 FT. NORTHWEST OF PEAK ELEVATION 6825 IN SECTION 33, T. 35S, R. 14 W.

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 014W 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Claron Formation
    Rock description Claron Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.43775, 37.7158
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing Or Faulting

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 State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Land Board

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1979 RECON UGMS ON-SITE INVESTIGATIO

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MALACHITE OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES IN AN ALTERED CONGLOMERATE

Reporter information

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

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