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Higgins

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015786
MRDS ID DB02006
Record type Site
Current site name Higgins
Related records 10131298

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84692, 37.0972 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 2,800 FEET NORTH NORTHEAST OF PEAK IN EAST 1/2 SECTION 10 42 S 18 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarvis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 018W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Undifferented Limestone
    Rock description Undifferented Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84692, 37.0972
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Beaver Dam Mts.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing & Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tutsagubet

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 700 FT. ADIT & 2 PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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