The Fast Prospects is a mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 6,729 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,729 Feet (2,051 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.89111, -114.03194
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Fast Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fast Prospects
Commodity
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Gold Springs District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: 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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: Fracture Zones Striking Nne And Nnw, Fault Striking Nne
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic, Partial Silicification, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): COMMODITIES PROBABLY INCLUDE AU AND AG, BUT WERE NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS CONSIST OF MANY SEPARATE NORTH-NORTHEAST STRIKING VEINS. VEINS ARE TYPICAL QUARTZ & PYRITE, EPITHERMAL, VOLCANIC-HOSTED DEPOSITS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE SHALLOW SHAFTS AND 22 PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): FAULT ALONG EAST SITE OF PROSPECT AREA, STRIKING NNE, JUXTAPOSES ANDESITE AND RHYOLITIC TUFF UNITS
References
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, GOLD SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P. 23-57
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