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Red Head Deposits

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089515
MRDS ID W027232
Record type Site
Current site name Red Head Deposits
Alternate or previous names Richardson Cu Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.35653, 38.69831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1323
Relative position 3.4 MILES NORTH OF CASTLE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fisher Towers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S 023E 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION:

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Conichalcite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation
    Rock description Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.35653, 38.69831
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG NW
    Length 546.8M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Joints, And Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Castle Valley

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ike W. Shupe

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES ARE APPARENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.361HA
    Overall length 250M
    Overall width 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT IS WORKED BY 3 PROSPECT PITS AND TWO SMALL INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MC CARTHY, B. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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