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Prospects West of Harrisburg Bench

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088794
MRDS ID M058729
Record type Site
Current site name Prospects West of Harrisburg Bench

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.40969, 37.19942 (WGS84)
Elevation 969
Relative position 5555 FT S 60 W FROM HARRISBURG

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 014W 27 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Silver Reef Member Of The Chinle And Lower Chinle
    Rock description Silver Reef Member Of The Chinle And Lower Chinle

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.40969, 37.19942
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 28 NW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Stratigraphic Unit

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHORT DECLINE IS HOSTED BY SANDSTONE AND DOZER CUT IS IN THE UNDERLYING LOWER CHINLE SILTSTONE AND MUDSTONE. SANDSTONE IS WHITE TO SALMON COLORED, MUDSTONE IS MAROON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Reef District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE 10-FOOT LONG DECLINE AND ONE SMALL DOZER CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 44

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MINOR DISSEMINATED MALACHITE IN SANDSTONE. THIS IS A DISTAL PORTION OF THE SILVER REEF SANDSTONE-HOSTED CU-AG DEPOSIT
Deposit DUPLICATE RE00124 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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