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Prospect South of Pahcoon Flat

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055113
MRDS ID RE00074
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect South of Pahcoon Flat
Related records 10042274

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85053, 37.17831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position 20700 FEET S87W FROM CAMP SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shivwits(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 018W 34 NW OF SW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Callville Limestone;
    Rock description Callville Limestone;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85053, 37.17831
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone At N40w, 80 Ne

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip 80 NE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tutsagubet District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE PIT AND A RECENTLY DUG TRENCH. TRENCH IS 2 FEET WIDE, 2 FEET DEEP AND 100 FEET LONG AND IS ORIENTED IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UGMS BULL. 70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TOTALLY OXIDIZED VEIN MATERIAL IN FRACTURE ZONE HOSTED BY LIMESTONE. VEIN MATERIAL FORMS GOSSAN SEVERAL INCHES WIDE. TRACE OF MALACHITE

Reporter information

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

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