| Deposit ID | 10088968 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00116 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | South Fork Welcome Creek Prospects |
| Related records | 10088803 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.89942, 37.09331 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1442 |
| Relative position | 3250 FEET S53E FROM WELCOME SPRING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washington(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Castle Cliff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(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 | Washington |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 042S | 018W | 31 | SW OF NE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -113.89942, 37.09331 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Detachment Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Detachment Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tutsagubet District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00116 |
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UGMS BULL. 70
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT HOSTED BY CHLORITIZED GNEISS WITH ABUNDANT QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS. GNEISS IS INTERCALATED WITH GRANITE OR SYENITE. CHALCOPYRITE, MALACHITE, AND PYRITE PRESENT. PERVASIVE LIMONITE STAIN |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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