The Lost Josephine Prospect is a mine located in Sanpete county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.36139, -111.70333
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Lost Josephine Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Josephine Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Sanpete
District: San Pitch Mountains
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
Deposit Size: S
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Conglomerate Has Been Shattered By Faulting And Contains Veinlets Of Pyrite And Calcite.
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAYED CONTAIN A TRACE 0.01 OZ./TON AU, TRACE 0.80 OZ./TON AG, AND 0.6 % PB.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A LIMONITE GOSSAN OCCURS IN THE WEATHERED SURFACE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT 175 FT. LONG IN A S 45 W DIRECTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): PRATT, A. R. AND CALLAGHAN, E., 1970 , LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE CO.: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. BULL. 85 , P. 55 - 56
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