South Quincy Tunnels

Occurrence in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. 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 10014896
MRDS ID D011993
Record type Site
Current site name South Quincy Tunnels
Alternate or previous names Bonanza Consolidated, New Quincy Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50606, 40.59938 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 800 FT N55E 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 33 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • GROUP OF CLAIMS INCLUDES ALL OF LONE HILL AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO RUN 10 OZ/TON AG AND 10% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Flagstaff Mountain Stock
    Rock description Flagstaff Mountain Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzite
    Rock description Weber Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.50606, 40.59938

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 And Northwest Striking Fissure And Breccia Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast And Northwest Striking Fissure And Breccia Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTHERN THIRD OF LONE HILL IS FLAGSTAFF MOUNTAIN PORPHYRY AND THE REST OF THE HILL IS WEBER QUARTZITE. SOME LIMESTONE FOUND IN DUMPS

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 Operator
    Owner United Park City Mines Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 350.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT AND ONE PROSPECT PIT, AS SHOWN ON MAP. IN 1912 SEVERAL TUNNELS WERE IN EXISTENCE. THE MOST IMPORTANT TUNNEL LIES NORTHEAST OF LONE HILL AND RUNS SOUTHWEST IN A STRAIGHT LINE FOR 850 FT. THREE SHORT ADITS, AGGREGATING 300 FT, ARE LOCATED NEAR THE FACE OF THE MAIN TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST PREVALENT MINERALIZATION IS LCOATED IN A NROTHWEST STRIKING FISSURE NEAR THE FACE OF THE THE TUNNEL AND CONSISTS OF GALENA AND COPPER CARBONATE. MINOR MINERALIZATION FOUND IN NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST STRIKING BRECCIA ZONES STAINED WITH IRON OXIDES

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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