| Deposit ID | 10011209 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D005529 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Escalante |
| Alternate or previous names | Holt |
| Related records | 10179727 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.71998, 37.68191 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1611 |
| Relative position | 20,700 FEET SOUTHWEST OF BERYL JUNCTION |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 036S | 017W | 02 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyromorphite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| Rock unit name | Water Laid Tuff |
| Rock description | Water Laid Tuff |
| (1) | -113.71998, 37.68191 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 25 DEG E |
| Dip | 70-75 DEG NE |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Escalante |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | S. S. Arentz |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D005529 |
ARENTZ, S.S., 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE ESCALANTE MINE, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION #7 P. 59-63
PERRY, L.I. & B.M. MCCARTHY, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE REPORT #22 P. 169-175
HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 2, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1135-B, 104 P.
L.I. PERRY, 1979
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Perry, Lee I. | Bureau of Land Management |
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