The Royal Purple Prospect is a mine located in Sevier county, Utah at an elevation of 6,791 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,791 Feet (2,070 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.51417, -112.21639
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Royal Purple Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Royal Purple Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Sevier
District: Henry District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): KERR, P. F. AND OTHERS, 1957 , MARYSVALE URANIUM AREA: GSA SPEC. PAPER 64 , P. 7 , PL. 12 .
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MIN. RES. POTENTIAL OF PIUTE CO.: UGMS BULL. 102 , P. 30 - 31 .
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