Spotted Rock #1-5

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone
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. Alteration
  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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011323
MRDS ID D005940
Record type Site
Current site name Spotted Rock #1-5

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.59442, 38.04386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1807
Relative position 3500 FEET NORTH NORTHEAST OF MOUNTAIN SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain Spring Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Richfield(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 032S 016W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.59442, 38.04386

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Selective Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Skougard

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    L I PERRY, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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