Unknown Prospect

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011316
MRDS ID D005924
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82832, 38.14302 (WGS84)
Elevation 2481
Relative position 120 METERS NW OF LITTLE PINTO SPRING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 018W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Needles Range Formation
    Rock description Needles Range Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Needles Range Formation (Host)
    Rock description Needles Range Formation (Host)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82832, 38.14302

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range-Laramide Basement
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENS/TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zones In Vertical Veins Up To 40 Feet Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THURSTON, W R, 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULL 1005.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K C, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL 110

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F D, & WILSON, S R, 1951, INVEST OF THE COUGAR SPAR FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UT: USBM RI 4820

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F D, & WILSON, S R, 1950, INVEST OF J B FLUORITE DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UTAH: USBM RI 4726

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.