The South Tanner Mountain Prospect is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 8,159 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,159 Feet (2,487 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.37944, -112.54528
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South Tanner Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Tanner Mountain Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Newton District
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
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: Tushar Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt, Marysvale Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Bedding In Bullion Canyon Volcanics At N 50 E, 20 Se
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong, Argillization, Weak Silicification, Limonite Stain
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): PROSPECT LOCATED NEAR THE TOPOGRAPHIC WALL OF THE MOUNT BELKNAP CALDERA. PROSPECT ALSO LOCATED NEAR THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE MOUNT BALDY RHYOLITE AND BULLION CANYON VOLCANICS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF HIGHLY ARGILLIZED VOLCANICS WITH LOCAL SILIFICATION AND LIMONITE STAINING.
Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ONE CUT, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN DIAMETER
Comment (Commodity): COMMODITY PROBABLY IS U, BUT WAS NOT VISUALLY OBSERVED
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE RICHFIELD 1X2 QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-521
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
Reference (Deposit): CUNNINGHAM, C.G., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER NE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MF-1191
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