Upper North Fork Chloride Canyon Prospects

The Upper North Fork Chloride Canyon Prospects is a mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 6,299 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

Name: Upper North Fork Chloride Canyon Prospects

State:  Utah

County:  Iron

Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 37.7325, -113.44861

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Upper North Fork Chloride Canyon Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Upper North Fork Chloride Canyon Prospects


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Antelope Range 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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: East-West Striking Timpahute Lineament, Delamar-Iron Springs Igneous Belt

Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Faults/Fracture Zones


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization


Rocks

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Development): RANCHERS EXPLORATION CURRENTLY DOING EXPLORATION IN THE AREA

Comment (Deposit): SHAFT SHOWS IRREGULAR CALCITE VEINING AND ABUNDANT SLICKENSIDES AND SHEARING. NO PROMINENT VEINS SEEN IN SHAFT WALLS, ALSO NO MINERALIZATION SEEN HERE. DUMP CONSISTS OF COARSE CALCITE VEIN MATERIAL. NORTHWESTERN PROSPECT PIT SHOWS ARGILLIZED CLARON AND ISOM FORMATIONS WITH PATCHY MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA STAINING BUT NO PROMINENT VEINS. FRACTURES AT THIS PIT STRIKE N 0 E AND ARE VERTICAL

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE ONE 30-FOOT DEEP SHAFT AND TWO PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Geology): ALL PROSPECTS OCCUR IN THE CLARON FORMATION, BUT AT A STRATIGRAPHIC LEVEL VERY CLOSE TO THE OVERLYING ISOM FORMATION. PROSPECTS ARE WITHIN 300 FEET OF A MAJOR NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. THE NORTHWESTERN PIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL (AT LEAST TWO) NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULT AND FRACTURE ZONES


References

Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS.

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1979: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY FILES


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