Pilot Prospect

The Pilot Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 5,801 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: Pilot Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Washington

Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 37.45556, -113.76889

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Pilot Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pilot Prospect
Secondary: Hazel
Secondary: Enterprise


Commodity

Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Gold Strike


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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Milner Corp.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Basin & Mountains-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE 31% FE


Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS 2 ADITS, EXTENSIVE DOZER CUTS & EXTENSIVE DRILLING


References

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C. 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN #88, P. 91-93

Reference (Production): L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reference (Deposit): 1970 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERALOGICAL SURVE


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