Mary E. Whitely Prospects

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012775
MRDS ID D008683
Record type Site
Current site name Mary E. Whitely Prospects
Alternate or previous names Mary E. Whitely Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09218, 40.00467 (WGS84)
Elevation 1897
Relative position 10,200 FT S 62 E OF BISMARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002W 29 NE OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO NE ADIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret
    Rock description Deseret
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09218, 40.00467

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.001HA
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 2.13M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTHEAST WORKING IS A PIT 20 FT BY 7 FT ALONG A 6 FT WIDE IRON STAINED BRECCIA ZONE TRENDING N-S, 80E; SOUTHWEST WORKING IS A PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY 250 FT LONG IN IRON STAINED BRECCIA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ALLENS RANCH QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP MF 45.

  • Deposit

    RIGBY, J.K., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE SELMA HILLS, UTAH CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL 45

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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