Keystone Ridge Nw Prospects

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094486
MRDS ID D008320
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Ridge Nw Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12579, 39.95662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1969
Relative position 9500 FT E. OF SNELL RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 13 NW OF SW NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fish Haven Dolomite;Opohonga Limestone
    Rock description Fish Haven Dolomite;Opohonga Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12579, 39.95662

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tintic Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Main Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH PROSPECT IS SHAFT WITH 150 FT OF WORKINGS, CENTRAL PRO SPECT IS PIT 20 FT BY 10FT. AND SOUTH PROSPECT IS ADIT 100 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUARDRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., 1964.BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD.: U.S.G.S. BULL 1142-L.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON STAINED QUARTZ VEINS ALONG BEDDING PLANES IN NORTH PROSPECT, SOUTH PROSPECT ON JASPEROID VEIN, CENTRAL PROSPECT ON SHEAR ZONE IN LS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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