Group # 25 Prospect

Occurrence in Wayne county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088128
MRDS ID DB00725
Record type Site
Current site name Group # 25 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.26047, 38.2172 (WGS84)
Elevation 2274
Relative position 4.85 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GROVER, UTAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wayne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Loa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Wayne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 006E 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , SEC. 10 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE: CU - 80 PPM, PB - 1184 PPM, ZN - 1790 PPM, NI - 77 PPM, AG - 4 PPM, AU - .02 PPM
Result GRAB SAMPLE: CU - 25 PPM, PB - 285 PPM, ZN - 69 PPM, NI - 40 PPM, AG - 4 PPM, AU - .02 PPM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Sinbad Member Of Moenkopi Formation
    Rock description Sinbad Member Of Moenkopi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.26047, 38.2172

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Miners Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Riley R. Osborn

Workings at the site

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT-NO DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION NOT SEEN IN PLACE STOCKALE NEAR SHAFT SHOWS PYRITE/CHALCOPYRITE REPLACEMENT IN LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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