Purple Promise #2, 5 & 10 Prospects

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. 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 10087120
MRDS ID D005188
Record type Site
Current site name Purple Promise #2, 5 & 10 Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02471, 37.96329 (WGS84)
Elevation 2289
Relative position 11600 FEET SOUTHEAST OF GOVERNMENT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 020W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Ore
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02471, 37.96329

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stateline

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dee Burgess

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.263HA
    Length 76.2M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.