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Brooklyn and Wedgewood Group

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Clay, Iron, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012601
MRDS ID D008306
Record type Site
Current site name Brooklyn and Wedgewood Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13801, 39.97412 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 3400 FT W. OF PACKARD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 11 SE OF NE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Cole Canyon Dolomite;Bluebird Dolomite;Herkimer Limestone
    Rock description Cole Canyon Dolomite;Bluebird Dolomite;Herkimer Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13801, 39.97412
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tintic Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip 60SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Main Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.025HA
    Length 310.9M
    Overall length 88.39M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT, ONE SHAFT AND FOUR PROSPECTS; THE ADIT IS ABOUT 12 FT LONG WITH A WINZE INSIDE LEADING TO EXTENSIVE WORKINGS; THE SHAFT AND PROSPECTS ARE ALL MINOR WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTERED LIMESTONE WITH JASPEROID VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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