Split Mountain Gorge

Occurrence in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038176
MRDS ID	M045474
Record type	Site
Current site name	Split Mountain Gorge
Alternate or previous names	Vernal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-109.2421, 40.42052 (WGS84)
Elevation	1455
Relative position	150 MI EAST OF PROVO, ABOUT 10 MI EAST OF VERNAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Split Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Utah	Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Salt Lake	005S	024E	05		Utah

Comments on the location information

LOCATION GIVEN IS ON BAR OPPOSITE DANIELS RANCH AND PLACERS EXTEND DOWNSTREAM FOR ABOUT 1 MI

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Platinum Critical	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

FINE GRAIN SIZE OF GOLD MAKES RECOVERY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Platinum	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	119
USGS model code	39a
Deposit model name	Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number	54

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-109.2421, 40.42052	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form RIVER BARS

General form	RIVER BARS

Controls for ore emplacement

Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

LITTLE SPECIFIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Green River Placers

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045474

Bibliographic references

Deposit

O'NEILL, J.J., AND GUNNING, H.C., 1934, OCCURRENCES OF PLATINUM METALS IN FOREIGH COUNTRIES, UNITED STATES, IN PLATINUM AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT 13, P. 132-133.
Deposit

JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1357, P. 15-16.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1975	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-JUL-1991	Peterson, Jocelyn A.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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