The Long Lick Prospect is a uranium mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.30694, -113.27028
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Long Lick Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Long Lick Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: White Mountain Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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: N 25 W, 64 Se, Striking Dike (50' Wide) And Shear Zone, Brecciated Limestone Next To Dike
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): DENOTED AS A URANIUM PROSPECT BY STRINGHAM, 1963
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION LOCALIZED BY A DACITE DILA CUTTING LIMESTONE. DIKE IS ARGILLIZED AND LIMESTONE IS ARGILLIZED, SILICIFIED, BRECCIATED, AND LIMONITE STAINED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS DOZER CUTS AND SMALL PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOL, SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-724, SCALE 1:48,000
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B., 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES NO. 4
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