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Prospect in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015701
MRDS ID DB01841
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33967, 38.40636 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 4 MILES EAST OF BLUE LAKE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BULLION CANYON

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 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitic, Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 60.96M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

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 Ohio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE ADIT APPROXIMATELY 400 FT LONG, INTERNAL WINZE 75 FEET DEEP AT END OF ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L. I., 1978 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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