| Deposit ID | 10014890 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011975 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Steamboat Tunnel |
| Alternate or previous names | Great Western Mines Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.58078, 40.573 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2646 |
| Relative position | 3700 FT S38E OF PIONEER PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Wasatch(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)
Utah Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Wasatch |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 003E | 11 | SE OF SW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Forsterite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Clayton Peak Stock;Alta Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Clayton Peak Stock;Alta Stock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone |
| Rock description | Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -111.58078, 40.573 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1905 |
| District name | Snake Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011975 |
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
JAMES, L.P., 1979
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS A SKARN FORMED ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE CLAYTON PEAK STOCK AND MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONES. METASOMATIC DEPOSIT IS MAGNETITE-RICH WITH UP TO 5% COPPER. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1984 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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