The Upper Gold Springs Wash Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 7,119 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,119 Feet (2,170 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.90944, -114.03139
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Upper Gold Springs Wash Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Upper Gold Springs Wash Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Gold Springs District
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stockwork
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: Fracture Zone Strikes Nnw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillization, Pyritization, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): COMMODITIES PROBABLY INCLUDE AU AND AG, BUT WERE NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL QUARTZ STOCKWORK ZONE, THE LARGEST OF WHICH OCCURS AT THE SHAFT LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROSPECT AREA. STOCKWORK HAS ASSOCIATED PYRITE, SILICA, AND CLAY
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE SHAFT AND FOUR PROSPECT PITS. SHAFT IS ABOUT 30 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Geology): KAOLINITE MAY BE THE DOMINANT CLAY - BRIGHT WHITE COLOR.
References
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, GOLD SPRINGS MININING DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, PP 23-57.
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES.
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