Unknown Incline

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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. 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 10011339
MRDS ID D005998
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Incline

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.30998, 38.45468 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 1 MILE SW OF USMM #3, AND 2 1/4 MILE WEST SW OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 013W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4; SECTION 21.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Granodiorite;Olig Volcanics
    Rock description Granodiorite;Olig Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Pogonip Formation;Notch Peak Formation
    Rock description Pogonip Formation;Notch Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.30998, 38.45468

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults (N-S)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N55 W
    Dip 55 SW
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Frisco

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE S 55 DEG W AT 55 DEG/100-200 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H T, 1979: PREL GEOL MAP OF THE FRISCO QUAD

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B S PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, BS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOMAP MORRIS, H T, PREL MAP FRISCO QUAD

  • Production

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

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.