Mt. Pennell

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015327
MRDS ID DB00738
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Pennell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.78906, 37.94888 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Relative position 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF MT. PENNELL PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Pennell(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 10 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES UP TO 3.4 PERCENT COPPER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Henry Mountains Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Henry Mountains Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.78906, 37.94888

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Laccolithic Mtn.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stock Work Fractures In Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns./Pennell

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kay Hunt
    Home office Hanksville

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 100 TONS (TEST LOTS)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS ALONG VEIN AND SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.