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Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Alteration
  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 10094362
MRDS ID D005494
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.45998, 37.74858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1993
Relative position 5,900 FEET EAST BY NORTH OF SAND SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 035S 014W 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Welded Tuff
    Rock description Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Claron Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG SO
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing & Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tom Angelo
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT & NUMEROUS DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATIONS

  • Deposit

    1979 RECON UGMS ON-SITE INVESTIGATIO

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I., 1979, GEOLOGIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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