West Quincy Shaft

Occurrence in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014895
MRDS ID D011991
Record type Site
Current site name West Quincy Shaft
Alternate or previous names Judge Group, United Park City Mines Co., West Quincy Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.518, 40.60605 (WGS84)
Elevation 2707
Relative position 3850 FT N42W OF LONE HILL

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)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 32 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM BOUTWELLS LOCATION MAP FOR THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, 1912 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Bleaching, Contact Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Flagstaff Mountain Stock;Clayton Peak Stock
    Rock description Flagstaff Mountain Stock;Clayton Peak Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Woodside Shale;Thaynes Formation
    Rock description Woodside Shale;Thaynes Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.518, 40.60605

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N24E
    Dip 27 NW
    Depth to top 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes, Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner United Park City Mines Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF ONE SHAFT AND ONE PROSPECT PIT. MAIN SHAFT IS 600 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTS ON THE 440 FT LEVEL. A RAISE FROM A DRIFT ON 440 LEVEL HAS A DRIFT ON THE 380 FT LEVEL. A DEEP ADIT FROM THE LITTLE BELL SHAFT, AT THE 1016 LEVEL COMES TO WITHIN 150 FT OF THE WEST QUINCY SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE EXPLORATION FROM 1902 THROUGH 1912 BUT NO ORE WAS FOUND AS OF 1912

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-ECONOMIC MINERALIZTION FOUND AT TWO LOCALITES. THE FISRST IS LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF A RAISE ABOUT 400 FT BELOW THE SURFACE AND NORTH OF THE SHAFT. HERE, COPPER AND IRON STAINING OCCURS IN A 6 INCH ZONE ALONG A BEDDING PLACE AT N24E, 270 NW. THE SECOND LOCALITY IS AT THE 600 FT LEVEL WHERE AN INTRUSIVE DIKE IS HIGHLY ALTERED AND IMPREGNATED WITH CUPRITEROUS PYRITE. THE INTRUSIVE ALSO CONTAINS VEINS OF CALCITE WITH SMALL BLOTCHES OF TETRAHEDRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE. NO ORE BODIES WERE FOUND UP TO 1912
Deposit NO PRODUCTION FROM PROPERTY AS OF 1912 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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