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North Fork Quail Canyon Adit

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042276
MRDS ID M058783
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork Quail Canyon Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.88664, 37.38776 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Relative position 2750 FEET S 79 E FROM THE JUNCTION BETWEEN ARSENIC GULCH AND THE EAST FORK OF BEAVER DAM WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstrike(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 039S 018W 20 NW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE COMMODITIES MAY INCLUDE AU AND AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock unit name Needles Formation
    Rock description Needles Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pakoon Limestone
    Rock description Pakoon Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.88664, 37.38776
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Overthrust Belt, Detachment And Denudation Faults.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mapped Fault Trends North East With Limestone To The Nw And Tuff To The Se

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldstrike District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT WHICH IS PARTIALLY CAVED AT OPENING AND PARTLY CAVED AT ABOUT 10 FEET FROM OPENING.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION FOR PRECIOUS METALS IS ACTIVE IN THE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAIR, D.H., AND MESSENGER, H.M., 1975, UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLDSTRIKE DISTRICT

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF HIGHLY FRACTURED, BRECCIATED LIMESTONE SHOWING SILICIFICATION, ABUNDANT IRON STAINING AND LOCALLY STRONG MANGANESE STAIN. CALCITE VEINLETS COMMON.

Reporter information

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

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