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M.I.F. Adit, North and South

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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 10078568
MRDS ID W026955
Record type Site
Current site name M.I.F. Adit, North and South

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.25013, 38.53971 (WGS84)
Elevation 3194
Relative position APPROX 1.2 MILES WEST OF MT WAAS, 2.3 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

Warner Lake(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 SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritic Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.25013, 38.53971
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fracturing

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 16.76M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF 2 ADITS. THE SOUTH ADIT IS 290 FEET LONG AND OPEN. THE NORTH ADIT IS 40 FT LONG AND CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON HUNT, C.B.; PROF. PAPER 294-I

Reporter information

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

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