The Upper North Fork Chloride Canyon Prospects is a mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.7325, -113.44861
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Upper North Fork Chloride Canyon Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Upper North Fork Chloride Canyon Prospects
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Antelope Range District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: East-West Striking Timpahute Lineament, Delamar-Iron Springs Igneous Belt
Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Faults/ Fracture Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): RANCHERS EXPLORATION CURRENTLY DOING EXPLORATION IN THE AREA
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT SHOWS IRREGULAR CALCITE VEINING AND ABUNDANT SLICKENSIDES AND SHEARING. NO PROMINENT VEINS SEEN IN SHAFT WALLS, ALSO NO MINERALIZATION SEEN HERE. DUMP CONSISTS OF COURSE CALCITE VEIN MATERIAL. NORTHWESTERN PROSPECT PIT SHOWS ARGILLIZED CLARON AND ISOM FORMATIONS WITH PATCHY MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA STAINING BUT NO PROMINENT VEINS. FRACTURES AT THIS PIT STRIKE N0E AND ARE VERTICAL
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE ONE 30 FOOT DEEP SHAFT AND TWO PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): ALL PROSPECTS OCCUR IN THE CLARON FORMATION, BUT AT A STRATIGRAPHIC LEVEL VERY CLOSE TO THE OVERLYING ISOM FORMATION. PROSPECTS ARE WITHIN 300 FEET OF A MAJOR NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. THE NORTHWESTERN PIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL (AT LEAST TWO) NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULT AND FRACTURE ZONES
References
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTELOPE RANGE MINING DISTRICT: UGMS, PUBLICATION IN PROGRESS
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1979: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
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