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Golden Eagle 1 - 8 and Junebug 1 - 4

Prospect in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096881
MRDS ID DB00526
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle 1 - 8 and Junebug 1 - 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.42189, 38.48414 (WGS84)
Elevation 2697
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF FISH CREEK MEADOWS 1000 FEET NORTH OF WILSON CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Belknap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 005W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SECTION 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritic - Argillic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.42189, 38.48414
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Small Discontinuous Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • NATIVE GOLD FOUND IN GLASSY BLACK PSEUDOMORPHS OF LIMONITE AFTER PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Mountain Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Faust Whiting - Elsinor

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS, ONE CAVED, ONE SHAFT, AND SEVERAL PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    L. I. PERRY, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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