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Dry Creek Prospect

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088806
MRDS ID M058769
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13829, 37.28887 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position 14,300 FEET NOTE FROM JUNCTION OF DRY CREEK AND NORTH CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smith Mesa(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 040S 011W 19 SW OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE AG AND POSSIBLE U

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Upper Chinle
    Rock description Upper Chinle
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13829, 37.28887
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hingeline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kolob Terrace District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF DOZER CUTS ACROSS ABOUT 100 FEET OF STRIKE LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF DISSEMINATED CU-STAINING IN A POORLY CONSOLIDATED ARKOSIC SANDSTONE LENSE NEAR THE TOP OF THE CHINLE FORMATION
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD RE00054 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

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

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