The Pay Streak Prospects is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 5,440 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,440 Feet (1,658 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.62083, -112.84694
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Pay Streak Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pay Streak Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Antelope
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Floyd Moody, Dan Moody
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Antelope Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR/IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range-Western Edge Of Marysvale Volcanic Pile
Type: L
Description: East-West Normal Faults & Thrusts
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hematitic
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): SE1/4, NW1/4, SE1/4 SEC. 22 IS LOCATION OF SHAFT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES IN SECTIONS 22 & 23 OF SHAFTS (3), ADITS, & PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
Reference (Deposit): LIESE, HOMER C., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN MINERAL RANGE, MILLARD & BEAVER COUNTIES, UTAH: U OF U MS THESIS
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