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South Etna Prospects

Past Producer in Iron 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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042285
MRDS ID M058807
Record type Site
Current site name South Etna Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.03804, 37.88191 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987
Relative position 5,950 FEET S 4 E FROM THE TOWNSITE OF GOLD SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 020W 36 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES PROBABLY INCLUDE AU AND AG, BUT WERE NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillic Alteration, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.03804, 37.88191
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone At N 20 E

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Springs District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE SHAFT AND FOUR PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTS WERE PROBABLY WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ETNA MINE, PROBABLY PART OF THE SAME PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ STOCKWORK ZONE, WITH INDIVIDUAL VEINS UP TO 4 INCHES WIDE. PYRITE, BRECCIATION, SILICIFICATION, AND IRON STAINING ARE PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

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

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