Unknown Prospect

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101631
MRDS ID D005875
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14109, 38.51468 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1 3/4 MILES SW OF LIME MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 012W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4 SEC 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite;Volcanic Flows
    Rock description Quartz Diorite;Volcanic Flows
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Undiff Dolomite And Limestone
    Rock description Undiff Dolomite And Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14109, 38.51468

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North Trending Fissures And Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beaver Lake

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SHAFTS AVE 150 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON UGMS BULL #68

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

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.