| Deposit ID | 10042300 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058840 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Southernmost Newcastle Area Prospects |
| Related records | 10055129 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.5547, 37.63386 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1786 |
| Relative position | 11,000 FEET S 19 E FROM THE NEWCASTLE CEMETERY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Newcastle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 036S | 015W | 29 | SE OF SW OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Rock unit name | Claron Formation |
| Rock description | Claron Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -113.5547, 37.63386 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Delamar-Iron Springs Mineral Belt, Sevier Organic Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Wnw Striking Fault With Oligocene Andesite To North And Claron Formation To South |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Antelope Range District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058840 |
GALYARDT, GARY L., 1977, UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NEWCASTLE KGRA AND VICINITY
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
PERRY, L.I., 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MINOR CU STAINING IN SPARSE QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLETS, ASSOCIATED WITH A WNW STRIKING FAULT ZONE. CU STAIN IS IN THE FOOTWALL CLARON FORMATION |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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