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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011185
MRDS ID D005488
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.74331, 37.72414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652
Relative position 8,750 FEET SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SAND SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beryl Junction(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 035S 015W 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.74331, 37.72414
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    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 Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST A PROSPECT PIT.

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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