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Paint Mine

Past Producer in Duchesne county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10015162
MRDS ID DB00325
Record type Site
Current site name Paint Mine
Related records 10202833

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.55297, 40.57384 (WGS84)
Elevation 3133
Relative position 1150 FT. WNW OF LAKE FORK GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kidney Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 002N 006W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC. 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.88 PPM
Result 2.0 PPM AG
Result 54.0 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.55297, 40.57384
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 109.36M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Uintah Mountain Copper Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME GOLD AND SILVER VALUES WOULD BE FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.009HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPERATION IS NOW BY SURFACE MINING AND UNDERGROUND WORKING ARE COVERED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ASSAY OF HEMATITE ORE OUTCROP

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 88 , 101 P

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY - BULL. 8

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCCARTHY, B.M., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATION IS INACTIVE IN THE WINTER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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