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Murdock Hollow Prospects

Occurrence in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011476
MRDS ID D006381
Record type Site
Current site name Murdock Hollow Prospects
Related records 10227582

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.38495, 40.63327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2079
Relative position 8300 FT E OF KEETLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 005E 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Park Premier Stock
    Rock description Park Premier Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.38495, 40.63327
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Murdock Hollow Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IRON ONLY OCCURS AS STAINING

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT A-24 FT. DIAMETER PIT 8 FT. DEEP, PROSPECT B-TRENCH 60 FT BY 15 FT BY 5 FT DEEP, PROSPECT C-TRENCH 63 FT. BY 15 FT. BY 4 FT. DEEP, THE REMAINING PROSPECT IS A BORROW PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1971, GEOL MAP OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUAD: USGS MAP GQ-852.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SURV

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SURV

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON STAINING ALONG FRACTURES IN ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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