Prospects Between Gold Springs and the Etna Mine

The Prospects Between Gold Springs and the Etna Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 6,601 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Prospects Between Gold Springs and the Etna Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: 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: Stockwork
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: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt

Type: L
Description: Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillization, 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: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS, SMALL QUARTZ STOCKWORK ZONES WITH MINOR PYRITE AND JAROSITE. ASSOCIATED ALTERATION, ARGILLIZATION AND SILICIFICATION, ARE WIDESPREAD AND PATCHY.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 15 PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Commodity): COMMODITIES, PROBABLY INCLUDE AU AND AG, BUT WERE NOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED

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

References

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, GOLD SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 5, NO. 1, PP. 23-57

Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES

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