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Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011258
MRDS ID D005816
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08997, 38.37024 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 4.25 SW OF MILFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 011W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 16.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Marblization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Milford Flat Stock
    Rock description Milford Flat Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Orthoquartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab Limestone
    Rock description Kaibab Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08997, 38.37024
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range; Sevier Orogenic Belt.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Eastern Limb Of North Plunging Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 85 SW
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N Trending Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.29M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SMALL TEST SHAFT 60 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

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