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Porphyry Flat Prospects

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012606
MRDS ID D008321
Record type Site
Current site name Porphyry Flat Prospects
Alternate or previous names North Beck Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12746, 39.96662 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 3100 FT S. OF PACK ARD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 12 SW OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLACK JASPEROID

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Opohonga Ls.;Ajax Dolomite
    Rock description Opohonga Ls.;Ajax Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description South Working Is On The Paxman Fault, Tintic Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N7E
    Dip 62E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Main Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 70.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH WORKING IS 100 FT ADIT, WEST CENTRAL WORKING IS 50 FT ADIT, EAST CENTRAL WORKING IS 30 FT DEEP SHAFT, SOUTH WORKING IS 50 FT ADIT. ONLY NORTH ADIT AND SHAFT ARE STILL ACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., (ED), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. 107.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL THIN VEINS FILLED WITH JASPEROID, WHITE QUARTZ AND CALCITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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