The North Keg Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.82639, -112.92778
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North Keg Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Keg Gold Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Keg Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Steele, Robert And Terry
Home Office: Nephi, Ut
Owner Name: Western Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1987
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Keg Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt
Type: L
Description: Nw-Striking High-Angle Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 37.100000+-1.500000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Oligocene
Age Old: Eocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 37.100000+-1.500000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Oligocene
Age Old: Eocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 37.100000+-1.500000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Oligocene
Age Old: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 13 HOLES WERE DRILLED IN THIS AREA AND THE BEST RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: HIGHEST VALUES OVER A 5-FOOT INTERVAL ARE 1.36 PPM AND 1.13 PPM IN TWO ADJACENT HOLE. BEST INTERCEPT IS 1.02 PPM OVER A 20-FOOT INTERVAL.
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF GOLD MINERALIZATION OCCURRING ALONG A HIGH-ANGLE FAULT THAT JUXTAPOSES ANDESITE (HANGING WALL) AGAINST THE MT. LAIRD TUFF (FOOT WALL). DRILL HOLES HIT LIMESTONE AT A VERY SHALLOIW DEPTH. AS MUCH AS 1 PPM AU IS IN HIGHLY ARGILLIZED AND LIMONITE STAINED VOLCANIC ROCK IN THE FAULT ZONE. LIMONITE IS OXIDATION PRODUCT OF PYRITE AND SOME LIMESTONE IS PYRITIC.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 13 RELATIVELY SHALLOW DRILL HOLES.
Comment (Commodity): ASSAYS WERE FOR GOLD ONLY
Comment (Development): FREEPORT DISCOVERED THE GOLD ANOMALY IN 1987 AND DRILLED HOLES IN 1988. WESTERN MINING IS EXPLORING IN 1989.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NORTHERN KEG MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH, IN KOPP, R.S., AND COHENOUR, R.E., EDS., CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF WESTERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION 16, P. 451-462.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1978, UNPROSPECTED ZONE OF PYRITIC ALTERATION IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-791.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1987, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DELTA 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB, MILLARD, AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-185.
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