The Split Mountain Gorge is a gold mine located in Uintah county, Utah at an elevation of 4,774 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,774 Feet (1,455 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.42056, -109.24139
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Split Mountain Gorge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Split Mountain Gorge
Secondary: Vernal
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Utah
County: Uintah
District: Green River Placers
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Uinta Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: RIVER BARS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS ON BAR OPPOSITE DANIELS RANCH AND PLACERS EXTEND DOWNSTREAM FOR ABOUT 1 MI
Comment (Geology): LITTLE SPECIFIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE
Comment (Commodity): FINE GRAIN SIZE OF GOLD MAKES RECOVERY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT
References
Reference (Deposit): O'NEILL, J.J., AND GUNNING, H.C., 1934, OCCURRENCES OF PLATINUM METALS IN FOREIGH COUNTRIES, UNITED STATES, IN PLATINUM AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT 13, P. 132-133.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1357, P. 15-16.
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