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Glen Erie Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097961
MRDS ID DB00525
Record type Site
Current site name Glen Erie Mine
Related records 10227343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34384, 38.40886 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUD LAKE ALONG BULLION CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(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 028S 004W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike S 12 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartzite Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ohio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 132.59M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED AT PORTAL, PREVIOUSLY MAPPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 40

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978

Reporter information

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

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