| Deposit ID | 10042315 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058887 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Shenendoah Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.14219, 38.34885 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1878 |
| Relative position | 3900 FEET N 23 E FROM USMM3 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Picacho Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 012W | 25 | NW OF SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Redwall Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Redwall Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.14219, 38.34885 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Low Angle Shear Zone, Brecciated, And Parallel To Bedding. Shear Zone At N 10 E, 36 Se |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 E |
| Dip | 36 SE |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Star District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058887 |
LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MILFORD QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1471, SCALE 1:48,000.
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 46
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF PODS OF MALACHITE AND GALENA WITHIN QUARTZ & CALCITE VEINLETS. VEINLETS LIE ALONG A BRECCIATED LOW ANGLE SHEAR ZONE PARALLEL TO BEDDING. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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