4 H #1

Prospect in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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 10088064
MRDS ID DB00502
Record type Site
Current site name 4 H #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.338, 38.37247 (WGS84)
Elevation 3139
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MT. HOLLY 4500 FEET WEST OF ALUNITE RIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delano Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.338, 38.37247

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 152.4M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Baldy Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rodger Howe And Others

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE CAVED ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    L. I. PERRY, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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