| Deposit ID | 10106010 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026911 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | High Ore |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.24486, 38.53999 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3322 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF MOUNT WAAS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grand(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Waas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Grand |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026S | 024E | 14 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Hedenbergite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -109.24486, 38.53999 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Three Sets Of Fissures, Strikes N 40 Deg E, N 10 Deg E And N 50 Deg W |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | WEST |
| Dip | 70 - 90 DEG N |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Length | 39.62M |
| Width | 10.67M |
| Depth to top | 3.05M |
| Depth to bottom | 10.67M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| District name | La Sal Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 100.58M |
| Overall depth | 10.67M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026911 |
1976 RECON BULLOCK, K.G., UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, BULL. 110
1958 COMPILE HUNT, C. B., PROFESSIONAL PAPER 294 - I, PAGE 357
1913 RECON HILL, J.M., BULL 530 P. 99 - 118
HILL, 1913 , NOTES ON NORTHERN LA SAL MOUNTAINS, GRAND CO. UTAH, USGS BULL 530
BLAIR MC CARTHY, 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE ZONE SPLITS 30 FT. IN FROM PORTAL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1977 | Mc Carthy, Blair M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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