Viola V.

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015302
MRDS ID DB00679
Record type Site
Current site name Viola V.
Related records 10251798

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74879, 37.91555 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
Relative position SOUTH END OF MT. PENNELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cass Creek Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 010E 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Henry Mountains Diorite Porphyry
    Rock description Henry Mountains Diorite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Shale
    Rock description Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74879, 37.91555

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Laccolithic Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Sackett

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IGNEOUS - SEDIMENTARY CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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