Prospector

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130128
MAS/MILS ID 0490310009
Record type Site
Current site name Prospector

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.20938, 38.49557 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(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 Piute

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.20938, 38.49557

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 85S
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 241M
    Area 32HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Strike And Dip N65E:85S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1949

Mining district

District name Durkee Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Foote Minerals Inc.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1506M
    Overall depth 128M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR OCCURRENCE LEASEE VERDE NUCLEAR INC. SUBSIDIARY PHELPS DODGE CORP. SECOND VEIN STRIKES N55W AND DIPS525W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references