| Deposit ID | 10088827 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058913 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Elephant Back South Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.84332, 38.35913 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1990 |
| Relative position | 7,100 FEET N 07 W FROM BUCKHORN SPRING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buckhorn Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pine Valley(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt 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 | 018W | 22 | SW OF SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Wad | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Fillmore | ||||
| Rock description | Fillmore | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.84332, 38.35913 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fracturing And Brecciation, Possibly In A N-S Trenching Zone |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Washington District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058913 |
BEST, M.G., GRANT, S.K., AND HOLMES, R.D., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MINERS CABIN WASH AND BUCKHORN SPRING QUADRANGLES, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1612.
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF WAD-CEMENTED LIMESTONE BRECCIA. WAD OCCURS IN PODS UP TO 1 FOOT IN DIAMETER. ASSOCIATED ALTERATION INCLUDES RECRYSTALLIZATION OF LIMESTONE AND HEMATITE STAIN. BRECCIA IS IRREGULAR IN DISTRIBUTION, BUT SEVERAL N-S TRENDING FAULTS AND ALTERATION BELTS EXIST IN THE AREA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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