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Middle Spring Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095898
MRDS ID RE00082
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Spring Prospect
Related records 10088801

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92803, 37.12081 (WGS84)
Elevation 1497
Relative position 1200 FEET N33W FROM MIDDLE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Cliff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 019W 24 NW OF SE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensive Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92803, 37.12081
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Detachment Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone At N20e, 65w

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip 65 W
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DOZER CUT ALSO EXPOSES PEGMATITE BODIES INTERCALATED WITH GNEISS AT N38W, 55 SW. QUARTZ SWEAT PODS IN GNEISS AT N80E, 60N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tutsagubet District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE DOZER CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UGMS BULL. 70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF OXIDIZED CHALCOPYRITE IN A SHEAR ZONE WITH MINOR QUARTZ VEINING.

Reporter information

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

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