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Shaft Northwest of the Dixie-Apex Mine

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042272
MRDS ID M058751
Record type Site
Current site name Shaft Northwest of the Dixie-Apex Mine
Related records 10055105

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.80998, 37.0722 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 5,800 FEET S 46 W FROM JARVIS PEAK

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 018W 01 NW OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975); 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1955 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OTHER COMMODITIES WHICH MAY BE PRESENT INCLUDE ZN, AG, GA, AND GE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Callville Limestone
    Rock description Callville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.80998, 37.0722
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 25 W Striking Fracture Zone, Apex Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 80 SW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSANOUS VEIN MATERIAL OCCURS ALONG THE N 25 W STRIKING APEX FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tutsagubet District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gaylon Hansen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE STEEPLY INCLINED SHAFT WHICH FOLLOWS THE VEIN. VEIN IS THE NORTHWEST EXTENSION OF THE APEX VEIN. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF THE APEX MINE EXTEND INTO THIS AREA.

Comments on development

  • THIS PROSPECT IS THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE APEX VEIN. THE AREA IS CURRENTLY BEING EXPLORED FOR ITS GALLIUM AND GERMANIUM POTENTIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES

  • Deposit

    COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A TOTALLY OXIDIZED VEIN HOSTED BY LIMESTONE. VEIN IS NARROW, ONE TO TWO FEET WIDE. ALTERATION ADJACENT TO VEIN. VEIN CONSISTS OF LIMONITE-AND HEMATITE-RICH GOSSAN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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