The Squaw Gulch Pit is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,480 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,480 Feet (2,280 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.46306, -113.28500
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Squaw Gulch Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Squaw Gulch Pit
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: San Francisco 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
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: Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type: L
Description: Nw Striking Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metasomatism, Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SMALL PITS
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SKARN DEVELOPED ALONG FAULT/INTRUSIVE CONTACT BETWEEN THE CACTUS STOCK AND LIMESTONE. SKARN IS OF THE COPPER-MAGNETITE VARIETY: SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER
Comment (Geology): INTRUSIVE-LIMESTONE CONTACT SHOWS CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH AN INTRUSIVE CONTACT AND A FAULT CONTACT.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1979, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-724, SCALE 1:48,000
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B., 1967, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION NEAR THE HORN SILVER MINE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPEC STUDIES NO. 16.
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