War Eagle Claims

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020291
MRDS ID DC12938
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle Claims
Related records 10202786

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40413, 39.83801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1896
Relative position 1/2 MILE E OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 005W 27,28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Aurichalcite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Limonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite, Hemitite, Marble

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM #2 CLAIM AVE: 4% CU, 16 OZ AG/T

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
    Rock description Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites
    Rock description Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40413, 39.83801

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N75E
    Dip 85N
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Deposits Are Located In Veins & Carbonate Replacements Near Contact Zones Of Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN SENDS SHORT TONGUES INTO THE WALL ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references