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Wash Canyon Prospects

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094508
MRDS ID D008715
Record type Site
Current site name Wash Canyon Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77939, 39.88662 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position 6900 FT N 60 W OF BALD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 001E 01 NW OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Deseret;Humbug
    Rock description Deseret;Humbug
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77939, 39.88662
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Nebo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, ONE OF WHICH WAS LESS THAN 20 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOUTZ, D.R., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE WASH CANYON AREA, SOUTHERN WASATEH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY M. S. THESIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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