Pine Hen Spring Prospect

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042307
MRDS ID M058865
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Hen Spring Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54996, 38.39969 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 5480 FEET N 23 W FROM TANNER MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pole Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 006W 05 SW OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY IS PROBABLY U, BUT WAS NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Argillization, Patchy Silicification, Limonite Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54996, 38.39969

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt, Marysvale Volcanic Field

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCATED NEAR THE TOPOGRAPHIC WALL OF THE MOUNT BELKNAP CALDERA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL DOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF STRONGLY ARGILLIZED VOLCANICS WITH DISSEMINATED LIMONITE STAIN AND PATCHY SILICIFICATION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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