| Deposit ID | 10015234 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00548 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prospector Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Sugar Daddy Incline |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.21689, 38.4933 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2027 |
| Relative position | 3.2 MILES NORTH OF MARYSVALE, UTAH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Piute(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Marysvale(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Piute |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 027S | 003W | 04 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Umohoite | Ore |
| Uranophane | Ore |
| Zippeite | Ore |
| Alunite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Marcasite | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrolusite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -112.21689, 38.4933 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Prospector Fault, Prospector Vein, # 2 Breccia Zone |
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Plunge | 90 DEG |
| Plunge direction | N 40 DEG E |
| Thickness | 12.19M |
| Length | 213.36M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1941 |
| Discoverer | James Sergent |
| Year of first production | 1950 |
| District name | Durkee Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Energy Fuels |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 2203.7M |
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00548 |
KERR, P. F., AND OTHERS, 1967 , MARYSVALE, UTAH URANIUM DEPOSITS, AIME GRATON-SALES, VOL. 2 , P. 1020 - 1041 .
DASCH, M. D., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN AND WESTERN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDE BOOK # 21 .
BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110 .
UGMS STUDY - 1973
TRIMBLE, L.M., 1978
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1978 | Trimble, Larry M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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