Prospect North of Fortuna Mine

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10088811
MRDS ID M058860
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect North of Fortuna Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.68385, 38.45025 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085
Relative position 7640 FEET S 69 W FROM GILLIES HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillies Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 007W 19 NW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES PROBABLY INCLUDE AU AND AG, BUT WERE NOT OBSERVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.68385, 38.45025

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Marysyale Volcanic Field, Pioche Mineral Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nnw Striking Fault In Fortana Canyon, Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 70W
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Striking N 15 W, 70 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fortuna District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE PIT AND SEVERAL SMALL DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACHETTE, M.N., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1983, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NORTHWEST-QUARTER OF THE BEAVER QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-1445

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A STOCKWORK ZONE AND RELATED BRECCIA FILLING STRIKING N 15 W. VEINLETS AND BRECCIA FILLING COMPOSED OF CHALESDONIC QUARTZ. VEINLETS LESS THAN 1 INCH WIDE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.