Leeds Creek Prospects

The Leeds Creek Prospects is a copper and silver mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 3,599 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Leeds Creek Prospects  

State:  Utah

County:  Washington

Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.23944, -113.37944

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Leeds Creek Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Leeds Creek Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Silver Reef District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Physiographic Detail: St. George Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Cordilleran Hingeline

Type: L
Description: Leeds Anticline, Leeds Syncline, Virgin Anticline, All Of, Which Trend Northeasterly.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MALACHITE AND SILVER MINERALS DEPOSITED IN CHANNEL SANDSTONE LENSES WITH ABUNDANT PLANT FOSSILS. MALACHITE WAS SEEN TO REPLACE REED FOSSILS AND IS RARELY DISSEMINATED.

Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE RE00123 HAS BEEN DELETED.

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

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS AND ONE PROSPECT PIT. ALL ADITS ARE SHORT, LESS THAN 50 FEET IN LENGTH. WORKINGS EXPLORE THE SILVER REEF SANDSTONE.

Comment (Commodity): COPPER STAINING WAS NOTED, THE PRESENCE OF SILVER IS INFERRED

Comment (Development): PROSPECTS CURRENTLY INACTIVE


References

Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P.D., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 44

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


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