Magnesite Hill Prospect

Prospect in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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 10041800
MRDS ID M057580
Record type Site
Current site name Magnesite Hill Prospect
Related records 10130252

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.46583, 39.8655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 1/2 MILE NE OF JOSEPH ADIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs SW(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

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 014W 18 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Magnesite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Marble

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Dike
    Rock description Rhyolite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bell Hill Dolomite
    Rock description Bell Hill Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.46583, 39.8655

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including A Ne Trending Asymmetrical Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N70w & East-West

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 10.67M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture Zones Near A Concealed Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., & MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    OLIVEIRA, M.E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1

  • Deposit

    CHRISTENSEN, W.J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22

  • Deposit

    1976 COMPILE UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 110

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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