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Elephant Back North Prospects

Occurrence in Beaver 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 10042322
MRDS ID M058912
Record type Site
Current site name Elephant Back North Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84749, 38.37802 (WGS84)
Elevation 2076
Relative position 1,500 FEET N 67 W FROM SAWTOOTH PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawtooth Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 018W 15 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jarosite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillic Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock unit name Sawtooth Peak Formation
    Rock description Sawtooth Peak Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name House Limestone
    Rock description House Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84749, 38.37802
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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 N-S Striking Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 0 E
    Dip 90
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Striking Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO PROSPECT PITS ABOUT 50 FEET EACH IN DIAMETER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., AND BEST, M.G., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH PEAK QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MF-1152.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF JASPERIODAL SILICA REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE IN A BRAINTED FAULT ZONE WITH ASSOCIATED CHALOEDERIC AND OPDINE SILICA VEINLETS AND STRONG FE-OXIDE STAINING AND PYRITE.

Reporter information

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

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