Swastika Copper Property

Past Producer in Salt Lake 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014858
MRDS ID D011917
Record type Site
Current site name Swastika Copper Property
Alternate or previous names Umpire Claims, Plesant Star Claims, Blue Jacket Mining and Milling Co., Swastika Copper Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.6005, 40.60827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2719
Relative position 6560 FT N9W FROM MT. MILLICENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 27 SE OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TWO OTHER ADITS LOCATED AT (UTM COORDINATES) 4495300N, 448750E AND 4495450N, 449520E ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ANALYSES AVAILABLE, COPPER CARBONATE STAINS REPORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Calc-Silicate Development On The Fringe Of The Intrusive, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Clayton Peak Intrusive
    Rock description Clayton Peak Intrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret Limestone;Gardison Limestone
    Rock description Deseret Limestone;Gardison Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.6005, 40.60827

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contacts Of Clayton Peak Stock And Mississippian Dolomites And Limestones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Solitude Ski Resort

Comments on the workings information

  • UNKNOWN EXTENT OF WORKINGS, NO KNOWN PRODUCTION

Comments on development

  • EARLY DEVELOPMENT BY BLUE JACKET MINING COMPANY. LATER DEVELOPMENT IN 1915 BY SWASTIKA COPPER COMPANY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1860'S
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN CALC-SILICATE ROCKS ADJACENT TO A SMALL BODY OF THE CLAYTON PEAK GRANODIORITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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