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Michelson Prospect

Prospect in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015230
MRDS ID DB00538
Record type Site
Current site name Michelson Prospect
Related records 10179202

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30161, 38.39358 (WGS84)
Elevation 3155
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF AETNA PEAK 1500 FT. WEST OF THREEMILE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30161, 38.39358
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ohi

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elroy Michelson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE 300 FT. ADIT, THREE PROSPECTS, AND ONE SHAFT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION LIMITED TO QUARTZ VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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