South Grover Wash Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095649
MRDS ID M058892
Record type Site
Current site name South Grover Wash Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.35553, 38.30329 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 14,150 FEET N 88 W FROM WHITE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 013W 07 SW OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES MAY INCLUDE AU AND AG, BUT WERE NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Quartz Latite Of Squaw Peak
    Rock description Quartz Latite Of Squaw Peak
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.35553, 38.30329

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 7e Striking Fault Zone With Brecciation And Fracturing

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 07 E
    Dip 90
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20-FOOT DEEP SHAFT, WITH AN INTERNAL ADIT AND NUMEROUS PITS (ALL SMALL) AROUND SHAFT. TOTAL WORKINGS ABOUT 50 FEET IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-724, SCALE 1:48,000

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS

  • Deposit

    STRINGHAM, B., 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ STOCKWORK ZONE LOCATED ALONG A FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVE ROCKS
Deposit FAULT PLACES LIMESTONE TO THE EAST AGAINST VOLCANICS TO THE WEST ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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