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Rock Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Duchesne 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095574
MRDS ID M057652
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.61908, 40.55967 (WGS84)
Elevation 2941
Relative position EAST SIDE OF MINERS GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kidney Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley 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 Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 002N 006W 18,19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS INCLUDE HILLTOP, RED LEDGE, RED MARE AND IRON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.61908, 40.55967
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONE IS FRACTURED AND BRECCIATED BY FAULTING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Miners Gulch

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C, 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 88 , P. 22-23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG THE SOUTH FLANK UINTA FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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