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Lost Sheep Prospect

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087266
MRDS ID D005942
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Sheep Prospect
Related records 10299873

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8861, 38.18802 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 4 3/4 MILES EAST OF O-GRAIN RANGE

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

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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 018W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Needles Range Formation
    Rock description Needles Range Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8861, 38.18802
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting, Believed To Be West Rim Of Caldera-Best, M G

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins, Vugs, That Crosscut Altered Volcanics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington/Indian Peak

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT CAVED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, UT GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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

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