The Leeds Creek Prospects is a copper and silver mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.23944, -113.37944
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Leeds Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leeds Creek Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Silver Reef 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
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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: St. George Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Leeds Anticline, Leeds Syncline, Virgin Anticline, All Of, Which Trend Northeasterly.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MALACHITE AND SILVER MINERALS DEPOSITED IN CHANNEL SANDSTONE LENSES WITH ABUNDANT PLANT FOSSILS. MALACHITE WAS SEEN TO REPLACE REED FOSSILS AND IS RARELY DISSEMINATED.
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE RE00123 HAS BEEN DELETED.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS AND ONE PROSPECT PIT. ALL ADITS ARE SHORT, LESS THAN 50 FEET IN LENGTH. WORKINGS EXPLORE THE SILVER REEF SANDSTONE.
Comment (Commodity): COPPER STAINING WAS NOTED, THE PRESENCE OF SILVER IS INFERRED
Comment (Development): PROSPECTS CURRENTLY INACTIVE
References
Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 44
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
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