| Deposit ID | 10088792 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058725 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Leeds Creek Prospects |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.38024, 37.23942 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1097 |
| Relative position | 5200 FEET N 84 W FROM LEEDS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washington(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Harrisburg Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)
Lower 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Washington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 041S | 014W | 12 | NW OF SE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Silver Reef Sandstone Member Of The Chinle Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Silver Reef Sandstone Member Of The Chinle Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.38024, 37.23942 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Cordilleran Hingeline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Leeds Anticline, Leeds Syncline, Virgin Anticline, All Of, Which Trend Northeasterly. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTHEAST |
| Dip | 20 NW TO 30 NW |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silver Reef District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058725 |
PROCTOR, P.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 44
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MALACHITE AND SILVER MINERALS DEPOSITED IN CHANNEL SANDSTONE LENSES WITH ABUNDANT PLANT FOSSILS. MALACHITE WAS SEEN TO REPLACE REED FOSSILS AND IS RARELY DISSEMINATED. |
| Deposit | DUPLICATE RE00123 HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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