High Ore

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106010
MRDS ID W026911
Record type Site
Current site name High Ore

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.24486, 38.53999 (WGS84)
Elevation 3322
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF MOUNT WAAS

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 024E 14 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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 and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.24486, 38.53999

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Three Sets Of Fissures, Strikes N 40 Deg E, N 10 Deg E And N 50 Deg W

Ore body information

  • 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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name La Sal Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME GOLD AND SILVER VALUES WOULD ALSO BE PRESENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 100.58M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO DRIFTS, 130 FT AND 180 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON BULLOCK, K.G., UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, BULL. 110

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE HUNT, C. B., PROFESSIONAL PAPER 294 - I, PAGE 357

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON HILL, J.M., BULL 530 P. 99 - 118

  • Production

    HILL, 1913 , NOTES ON NORTHERN LA SAL MOUNTAINS, GRAND CO. UTAH, USGS BULL 530

  • Reserve-Resource

    BLAIR MC CARTHY, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE SPLITS 30 FT. IN FROM PORTAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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