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Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078693
MRDS ID W027202
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.28708, 38.56305 (WGS84)
Elevation 2588
Relative position APPROX. 3.2 MILES NORTH - NORTHWEST OF WARNER LAKE, .95 MILES WEST OF GRAND VIEW 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 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SEC. 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz 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) -109.28708, 38.56305

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Mtn Area, Northern La Sal Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF 3 ADITS ( 2 CAVED ) AND 1 WINZE. THE OPEN ADIT HAS BEEN WELL - TIMBERED AT THE PORTAL AND WILL PROBABLY REMAIN PARTIALLY OPEN.

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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