South Beaver Prospect

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088816
MRDS ID M058878
Record type Site
Current site name South Beaver Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11886, 38.48135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1747
Relative position 3,900 FEET S 28 E FROM USMM3

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Milford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 011W 08 NW OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Argillization Adjacent To Fracture Zone.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.11886, 38.48135

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone At N 62 W, 71 Sw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone At N 62 W, 71 Sw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beaver Lake Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT ABOUT 150 FEET LONG AND AN INTERCONNECTING SHAFT. SHAFT LIES ABOVE ADIT AND IS LARGELY CAVED AT SURFACE. SHAFT MAY ALSO BE A STOPE WHICH HAS CAVED NEARLY TO THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS ADJACENT TO A SHEAR ZONE AT N 62 W, 71 SW. CHALCOPYRITE HIGHLY OXIDIZED, WITH CHRYSOCOLLA, MALACHITE, AND AZURITE AS PRODUCTS. MINERALIZATION UP TO 1' WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.