Unknown Prospect

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Silver, Uranium, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011397
MRDS ID D006192
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.63191, 39.75884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF RIVERBED RES. #2

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

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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 007W 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Silver Secondary
Uranium Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Specularite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Granitic Intrusives & Dikes
    Rock description Granitic Intrusives & Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.63191, 39.75884

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Prospects Are Bounded On E. & W. By 2 Nw Trending Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form POD-LIKE
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Numerous N 15 W Trending Shears

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Desert Mtn Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REES, D.C., ERICKSON, M.P., & WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY & DIATREMES OF DESERT MTN; UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #42

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., 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 GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OF HIGH GRADE COPPER OCCURS IN SMALL POCKETS ALONG NUMEROUS NW TRENDING SHEARS

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.