| Deposit ID | 10042326 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058918 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Point Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.0783, 38.35413 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1558 |
| Relative position | 6,900 FEET N 12 E FROM HEARN WELL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Milford Flat(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)
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 | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 011W | 22 | SW OF SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | Gerster Limestone, Plympton Formation and Kaibab Limestone |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Shear Zone At N 75 E, 63nw |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 75 E |
| Dip | 63NW |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Star District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058918 |
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.
STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521
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 A BRECCIA/SHEAR ZONE HOSTED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE. QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINLETS WITHIN SHEAR ZONE CONTAIN LIMONITE AND MINOR PYRITE AND MALACHITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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