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Unknown Mine

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101513
MRDS ID D004359
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.82636, 38.62913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position NORTH SLOPE OF ANTELOPE MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(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

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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 009W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4, NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Barite Unknown
Hematite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Ls & Dolomites Undiff;Quartzite (Prospect Mtn)
    Rock description Ls & Dolomites Undiff;Quartzite (Prospect Mtn)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.82636, 38.62913
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/VEINS
    Strike EAST
    Dip 40 DEG N
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADITS ARE CUT IN FE STAINED CARBONATES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Antelope Spring

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 ADITS OF UNKNOWN LENGTH, MOST CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L. 1979, UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL, SURVEY; ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS M.L., 1979 GEOLOGIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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