Cow Hollow Prospect

Occurrence in Uintah 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. 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015174
MRDS ID DB00354
Record type Site
Current site name Cow Hollow Prospect
Alternate or previous names Woodside
Related records 10276579

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.67017, 40.67384 (WGS84)
Elevation 2597
Relative position SW SIDE OF COW HOLLOW APPX ONE MILE SSE OF FRENCHES PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Taylor Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 020E 03 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.67017, 40.67384

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Flank Uinta Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Fissures

Ore body information

  • Length 7.62M
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward H. Abplanap

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESS BY A SHAFT NOW CAVED; LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS AN ESTIMATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.