| Deposit ID | 10088808 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058846 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Upper North Fork Chloride Canyon Prospects |
| Related records | 10055127 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.44942, 37.73247 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1920 |
| Relative position | 10,250 FEET S 62 E FROM SAND SPRING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(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 | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 035S | 014W | 29 | SW OF NE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Isom Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Isom Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Rock unit name | Claron Formation |
| Rock description | Claron Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | Claron Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | East-West Striking Timpahute Lineament, Delamar-Iron Springs Igneous Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northeast Striking Faults/Fracture Zones |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 50 E |
| Dip | 90 |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Antelope Range District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 9.14M |
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058846 |
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS.
PERRY, L.I., 1979: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FILES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHAFT SHOWS IRREGULAR CALCITE VEINING AND ABUNDANT SLICKENSIDES AND SHEARING. NO PROMINENT VEINS SEEN IN SHAFT WALLS, ALSO NO MINERALIZATION SEEN HERE. DUMP CONSISTS OF COARSE CALCITE VEIN MATERIAL. NORTHWESTERN PROSPECT PIT SHOWS ARGILLIZED CLARON AND ISOM FORMATIONS WITH PATCHY MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA STAINING BUT NO PROMINENT VEINS. FRACTURES AT THIS PIT STRIKE N 0 E AND ARE VERTICAL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1984 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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