Sulphur Creek Copper Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088366
MRDS ID DB01906
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphur Creek Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28742, 38.20054 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 44 MILES 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 005E 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kiabab Formation
    Rock description Kiabab Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28742, 38.20054

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Teasdale Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form NODULAR
    Length 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.05M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT PARTIALLY CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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