| Deposit ID | 10055133 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00111 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Shaft Near Silver Canyon |
| Related records | 10042304 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.4458, 37.67858 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2018 |
| Relative position | 3750 FEET S84E FROM SILVER PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Escalante Desert(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 | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 036S | 014W | 08 | SE OF SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff | ||||
| Rock unit name | Condor Canyon Formation Of The Quichapa Group; | ||||
| Rock description | Condor Canyon Formation Of The Quichapa Group; | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | -113.4458, 37.67858 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | East-West Striking Timpahute Lineament, Delamar-Iron Springs Igneous Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N20w Striking Fractures |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N20W |
| Dip | 72 E |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Antelope Range District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00111 |
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE MINING DISTRICT: UGMS, PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS
PERRY, L.I., 1979: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHAFT IN ZONE OF LOCALLY SILICIFIED AND BLEACHED CONDOR CANYON FORMATION. CHALCEDONY VEINLETS HAVE MINOR COPPER STAIN. ALSO PRESENT ARE MANGANESE STAINED CALCITE VEINLETS AND BRECCIATED, UNCEMENTED QUARTZ. NO PROMINENT, SINGLE VEIN WAS FOUND, APPEARS TO BE A NARROW STOCKWORK ZONE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1984 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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