Volcano Ridge Nw Prospects

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088762
MRDS ID M058482
Record type Site
Current site name Volcano Ridge Nw Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12385, 39.85884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1824
Relative position 5,350 FT S 23 W OF HORSESHOE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 003W 24 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Probably Within Tintic Mountain Caldera
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 53 E Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND DRILLING PADS ASSOCIATED WITH DRILLING PROGRAM TO EXPLORE DISSEMINATED MINERALIZATION AT DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F; 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107, 282 P.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., (ED.), 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE MCINTYRE QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-883

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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