South Bromide Basin

Occurrence in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015334
MRDS ID DB00759
Record type Site
Current site name South Bromide Basin
Related records 10299801

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79212, 38.06359 (WGS84)
Elevation 3109
Relative position IN BROMIDE BASIN (MT. ELLEN) BETWEEN SOUTH SUMMIT RIDGE AND KIMBLE & TURNER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ellen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(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 031S 010E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mt. Ellen Diorite
    Rock description Mt. Ellen Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79212, 38.06359

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns./Bromide Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frank Lawler

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT CAVED ADITS ( 1966 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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