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Water Canyon Mine

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041792
MRDS ID M057570
Record type Site
Current site name Water Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -113.98606, 39.77191 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibapah Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 019W Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNKNOWN DUE TO UNAVAILABLE MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1973 ASSAY 0 - 1.05 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -113.98606, 39.77191
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartzite Strikes N 5 - 10 W, Dip 45 - 60 W. Faults Strike N 60 - 70 W, Dip N-S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • A 205 FT ADIT BEARING N 63 E

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMSON, K. C., 1973 , MIN DEP OF DEEP CREEK MTNS: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 99 , P. 59

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-79 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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