Walton #1mine

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011535
MRDS ID D006515
Record type Site
Current site name Walton #1mine
Alternate or previous names Walton #2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02498, 39.53856 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF LADY LAIRD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lady Laird Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 011W 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Flows & Intrusives
    Rock description Flows & Intrusives
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.02498, 39.53856

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Drum Mtns Homocline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Ne Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike N35E
    Dip 60NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Concentrated Along Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Detroit District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Legrande Law
    Home office Delta, Ut.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 2 CAR LOADS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 45.72M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT THAT DIPS N30E AT 66 DEGREES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., STACZEK, J.A., & ROBERTS, R.J., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE DRUM MTNS, JUAB-MILLARD COUNTIES, UT: USGS BULL. 1082-H

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, G.B., 1974, THE OCCURRENCE & ORIGIN, AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF GOLD BEARING JASPERIODS IN THE CENT. DRUM MTNS: STANFORD UNIV. PH.D. DISSER., 354P

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP. 111

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL. 1082-H

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON BAILEY, G.B., PH.D. STANFORD UNIV.

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, D.A., USGS MAP I-1176

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST BEDS STRIKE N10W & DIP 18 DEG. SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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