The North Fork Quail Canyon Adit is a gold and silver mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 4,839 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,839 Feet (1,475 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.38778, -113.88583
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North Fork Quail Canyon Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Fork Quail Canyon Adit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Goldstrike District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Bull Valley Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sevier Overthrust Belt, Detachment And Denudation Faults.
Type: L
Description: Mapped Fault Trends North East With Limestone To The Nw And Tuff To The Se
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Commodity): POSSIBLE COMMODITIES MAY INCLUDE AU AND AG
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION FOR PRECIOUS METALS IS ACTIVE IN THE DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF HIGHLY FRACTURED, BRECCIATED LIMESTONE SHOWING SILICIFICATION, ABUNDANT IRON STAINING AND LOCALLY STRONG MANGANESE STAIN. CALCITE VEINLETS COMMON.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT WHICH IS PARTIALLY CAVED AT OPENING AND PARTLY CAVED AT ABOUT 10 FEET FROM OPENING.
References
Reference (Deposit): ADAIR, D.H., AND MESSENGER, H.M., 1975, UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLDSTRIKE DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
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