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Silver Peak Prospects

Occurrence in Iron 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088809
MRDS ID M058848
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Peak Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.45831, 37.67941 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position 300 FEET S 45 E FROM SILVER PEAK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 036S 014W 07 NW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP IS UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE AG MINERALIZATION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock unit name Racer Canyon Tuff
    Rock description Racer Canyon Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.45831, 37.67941
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordilleran Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S To N 30 W Striking Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 73 NE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S To N 30 W Striking Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECTS & VEINS LOCATED ALONG A N-S STRIKING FAULT. RACER CANYON TUFF IS 19 MY OLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope Range District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT AND TWO PROSPECT PITS ADIT IS ABOUT 30 FEET LONG AND STRIKES N 30 W, FOLLOWING HANGING WALL OF VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS.

  • Deposit

    MCINTOSH, S., UNPUBLISHED MASTER'S THESIS IN PROGRESS, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A BANDED QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN. VEIN IS COMPOSED OF ABOUT 80% BLACK, MANGANIFEROUS CALCITE AND 20% CHALCEDONY LOCALLY BRECCIATED, VEIN IS ABOUT 4 FEET WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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