The Michelson Prospect is a mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 10,351 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,351 Feet (3,155 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.39361, -112.30083
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Michelson Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Michelson Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Ohi
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Elroy Michelson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dome
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE 300 FT. ADIT, THREE PROSPECTS, AND ONE SHAFT.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 10
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION LIMITED TO QUARTZ VEINS.
References
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