Skylark Nos. 1 and 2

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078567
MRDS ID W026953
Record type Site
Current site name Skylark Nos. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.24847, 38.53777 (WGS84)
Elevation 3292
Relative position APPROX. 1.1 MILES WEST OF MT WAAS, 2.1 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANNS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Waas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 024E 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION NW 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SW 1/4 OF SEC. 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.24847, 38.53777

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 52 DEG E
    Dip 88 DEG
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Fracture System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern La Sal Mtns, Miner'S Basin

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO ESTIMATE MADE OF ORE RESERVES AS WORKINGS ARE CAVED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADITS TOTALING 240 FT. BOTH ADITS ARE CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON HUNT, C. B. PROFESSIONAL PAPER #294 -

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.