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Copper Cap Prospect

Occurrence in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Aluminum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088212
MRDS ID DB01152
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Cap Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21217, 38.53941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 2.6 MILES NORTHEAST OF POVERTY FLAT RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(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

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 Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 004W 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 SEC. 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Mt. Belknap Rhyolite
    Rock description Mt. Belknap Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21217, 38.53941
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Henry

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phillips Petroleum

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 283.46M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY WEAK RADIATION

Reporter information

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

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