East Drag Hollow Prospect

Occurrence in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095647
MRDS ID M058863
Record type Site
Current site name East Drag Hollow Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55301, 38.40775 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
Relative position 8550 FEET N 20 W FROM TANNER MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pole Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 006W 05 SE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES PRESENT PROBABLY INCLUDES U, BUT WAS NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Argillic Alteration, Limonite Stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.55301, 38.40775

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Marysvale Volcanic Field, Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ene Striking Rhyolite Dike, E-W Striking Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ene Striking Rhyolite, Dike And E-W Striking Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCATED NEAR THE TOPOGRAPHIC WALL OF THE MOUNT BELKNAP CALDERA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A BENCH CUT ON THE HILLSIDE, EXPOSING ALTERED VOLCANICS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF INTENSELY ALTERED (ARGILLICALLY) AND LIMONITE STAINED INTERMEDIATE LAVA FLOWS ADJACENT TO A RHYOLITE DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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