Danish Girl

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078752
MRDS ID W027362
Record type Site
Current site name Danish Girl
Related records 10252293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.46541, 37.83194 (WGS84)
Elevation 3274
Relative position 300 FEET EAST OF THE GOLD QUEEN MINE .6 MILE SOUTH OF ABAJO PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Abajo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Montezuma(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(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 San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034S 022E 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 11 UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Laccolithic Diorite
    Rock description Laccolithic Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Mancos Shale
    Rock description Mancos Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.46541, 37.83194

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 85 DEG N
    Length 91.44M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1893

Mining district

District name Abajo Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Look Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH OF WORKING ESTIMATED FROM MATERIAL ON THE DUMP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WITKIN, I. J., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAIN AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY AREA: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER #453

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON WITKIN, I. J., GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAIN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT. THE PORTAL IS CAVED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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