| Deposit ID | 10101514 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004371 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Klondike |
| Alternate or previous names | New Klondike |
| Related records | 10251876 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.37276, 39.16412 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2146 |
| Relative position | AT THE MOUTH OF CONTACT CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Millard(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Miller Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BLM Administrative Area(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Millard |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 019S | 014W | 12 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Painter Springs Intrusive | ||||||||
| Rock description | Painter Springs Intrusive | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Big Horse Ls Member Of Orr Formation |
| Rock description | Big Horse Ls Mbr. Of Orr Formation |
| (1) | -113.37276, 39.16412 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Roof Pendant Of Ls Domed By Intrusion |
| General form | IRREGULAR VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30E |
| Dip | 17SE |
| Thickness | 3.66M |
| Length | 76.2M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Depth to top | 7.62M |
| Depth to bottom | 76.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1944 |
| Discoverer | Molybdenum Corp Of Amer. |
| Year of first production | 1946 |
| District name | House Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fred L. Lindbeck |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Bureau Of Land Management |
| Year | 1952 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^0.57% -1.21% Wo3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 146.3M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Overall length | 91.44M |
| Overall width | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004371 |
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE: USGS MF 636
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014
HINTZE, L.F., 1973, GEOL. ROAD LOG OF WESTERN UTAH AND EASTERN NEVADA: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V.20 PT2
1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V3
1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COL V 53
1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6
EVERETT, F.D., 1961: TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIR. 8014
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CLAIMS ARE UP TO DATE, THE NEW KLONDIKE MINING CO. HAS RECENTLY (OCT 1979) APPLIED FOR A PATENT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1979 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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