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Higgins

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087081
MRDS ID D004651
Record type Site
Current site name Higgins
Alternate or previous names Hist, Carol Group
Related records 10251431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.87693, 38.16079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Relative position 2200 FEET NORTHEAST OF PEAK 7783 LOCATED IN SECTION 32, T.30S, R.18W.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atchison Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 018W 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.87693, 38.16079
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Blue Ribbon Lineament

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N. 77 DEG E.
    Dip 75 DEG. S
    Length 609.6M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Indian Peak

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crawford, Phillips

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 2.628HA
    Length 182.88M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT, 2 ADITS, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS & DOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN-FILE REPORT NO. 22

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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