The West Drag Hollow Prospect is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,480 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: 7,480 Feet (2,280 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.405, -112.55861
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West Drag Hollow Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Drag Hollow Prospect
Secondary: West Dray Hollow 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: Marysvale Volcanic Field, Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Argillic Alteration, Limonite Staining
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): LOCATED NEAR THE TOPOGRAPHIC WALL OF THE MOUNT BELKNAP CALDERA
Comment (Commodity): COMMODITY IS PROBABLY U, BUT WAS NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF HIGHLY ARGILLIZED AND LIMONITE STAINED VOLCANICS. CONTROL, PROBABLY STRUCTURAL, OF ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION WAS NOT FOUND.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO DOZER CUTS. LARGEST CUT IS ABOUT 70 FEET LONG AND 30 FEET WIDE.
References
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
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
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