| Deposit ID | 10088818 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058883 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gale Bank's Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.12858, 38.38024 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1957 |
| Relative position | 3900 FEET N 32 E FROM USMM2 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Milford NW(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)
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 | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 011W | 18 | NW OF NW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE GRADES ARE 10 OZ/TON AG, 4.5% PB, AND 9% ZN. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -113.12858, 38.38024 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | E-W Striking Fracture Zone |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 90 E |
| Dip | 90 |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Width | 0.61M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1963 |
| Discoverer | Gale Banks |
| District name | Star District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gale Banks |
| Home office | Milford Utah |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058883 |
LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MILFORD QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1471, SCALE 1:48,000.
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINEROLOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 46
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A VEIN HOSTED BY A FRACTURE ZONE CUTTING LIMESTONE. ORE IS ALL OXIDIZED, COMPRISING ON OCHEROUS, SOFT MATERIAL. MUCH FE STAINING |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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