The Elephant Back North Prospects is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,811 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,811 Feet (2,076 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.37806, -113.84667
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Elephant Back North Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elephant Back North Prospects
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Washington 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: Replacement
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Needles Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: N-S Striking Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): COMMODITIES PRESENT PROBABLY INCLUDE AU AND AG, BUT WERE NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO PROSPECT PITS ABOUT 50 FEET EACH IN DIAMETER
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF JASPERIODAL SILICA REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE IN A BRAINTED FAULT ZONE WITH ASSOCIATED CHALOEDERIC AND OPDINE SILICA VEINLETS AND STRONG FE-OXIDE STAINING AND PYRITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., AND BEST, M.G., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH PEAK QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MF-1152.
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
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