Unknown Adit

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011396
MRDS ID D006191
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.64164, 39.78356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES E OF BM 4803/MINE IS LABELED ON TOPO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erickson Wash SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 007W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.64164, 39.78356

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description N. Trending Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Is Concentrated Along North Trending Shears

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Desert Mtn

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVEST. BY UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., & OTHERS: USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOPHYS UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 95

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #42

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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