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Duckett Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078756
MRDS ID W027368
Record type Site
Current site name Duckett Mine
Related records 10300671

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.54541, 37.8225 (WGS84)
Elevation 3146
Relative position 1.0 MILES EAST OF MT. LINNAEUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Linnaeus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(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 17,18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: ALONG BOUNDARY BETWEEN SECTIONS 18 AND 17 (UNSURVEYED), MIDWAY ALONG LINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.54541, 37.8225
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG N
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Igneous Body With Sediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Abajo Mountains

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. A. Duckett, J. B. Duckett

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO APPARENT RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 10.67M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT (CAVED) AND A PORTAL (PARTIALLY CAVED)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITKIND, I. J., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAINS AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, U. S. G. S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 453

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEE I. PERRY, 1977

Reporter information

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

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