The Bulldog Ridge is a mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 10,000 feet.
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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: 10,000 Feet (3,048 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.94056, -110.78139
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Bulldog Ridge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bulldog Ridge
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns./Pennell
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
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: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Henry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Henry Mtns. Laccoliths
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LOW GRADE
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ONLY MINOR SHOWS
Comment (Workings): 4 TO 5 SHALLOW PITS
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B. AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER P. 228 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 , P. 78 - 90 .
Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107 , P. 127 - 12
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THIS REVIEW
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