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Green Monster Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron
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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. 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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014891
MRDS ID D011977
Record type Site
Current site name Green Monster Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.57911, 40.573 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Relative position 3950 FT S45E FROM PIONEER PEAK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 11 SW OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Bleaching, Recrystallization, Contact Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result 3% CU, .75 OZ/TON AG, .035 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Clayton Peak Stock;Intermediate Dike
    Rock description Clayton Peak Stock;Intermediate Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.57911, 40.573
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65W
    Dip 80N
    Thickness 18.29M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 80N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Proximity To Northeast Striking Intermediate Dike And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT FORMED NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN THE CLAYTON PEAK STOCK AND MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONES. A NORTHEAST STRIKING DIKE LOCALIZES MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Snake Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. D. Lambert
    Home office 110 So. 3rd East, Provo, Utah
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. P. Glenfield, Et Al.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Period 1900-1953
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3.0% Cu, .75 Oz/Ton Ag, .035 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 21g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1953 PROPERTY WAS PRODUCING SMALL, INTERMITTENT SHIPMENTS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWER CROSSCUT, WEST PARK NO. 3 TUNNEL, 415 FT LONG AND PLANNED TO CUT GREEN MONSTER ORE AT 500 FT DEPTH. APPROXIMATELY 200 FT OF LATERAL WORKINGS IN TWO ADITS NEAR OUTCROP. ALL OPENINGS ACCESSABLE IN 1953

Comments on development

  • WORK PLANNED IN 1953 TO EXTEND LOWER ADIT TO INTERSECT MINERALIZATION AT DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF MINERALS EXAMINATION DMEA-3116, NOVEMBER 11, 1953

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. REPORT OF EXAMINATION, 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL MINERALIZATION OCURS ALONG A NORTHEAST: STRIKING DIKE WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO TRACE AT THE SURFACE

Reporter information

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

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