Buckland Mining and Development Prospect

Occurrence in Davis county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020513
MRDS ID DC13476
Record type Site
Current site name Buckland Mining and Development Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81857, 40.94133 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 8,350 FT S2W OF BOUNTIFUL PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bountiful Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 Davis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 001E 03 SW OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE OF QUARTZ, CHLORITE AND PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Chlorite Gangue

Analytical data

Result NEAR SURFACE MATERIAL: 10 PERCENT CU AND A LITTLE AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Farmington Canyon Complex
    Rock description Farmington Canyon Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault To West
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatitic Dikes And Sills, Foliation Of Low Angle Eastward Dip

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 60N TO 90N
    Width 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farmington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • BY 1913 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 50 FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH AN UPPER AND LOWER ADIT. UPPER CONNECTS TO SHAFT BOTTOM, IS SHORT AND HAS DRIFTING ALONG THE VEIN. THE LOWER ADIT IS ABOUT 500 FT. LONG AND IS PORTALED 300 FT. BELOW THE VEIN OUTCROP, IT ALSO DRIFTS EAST AND WEST ALONG THE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 226-227.

  • Deposit

    HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1911, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1911, VOL. 13, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1913, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, APRIL 15, 1913, VOL. 15, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1913, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, OCTOBER 30, 1913, VOL. 15, P. 28.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 VEINS ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND, 3 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FEET OR MORE; THE MAIN VEIN IS UP TO 12 FEET WIDE AND LESS THAN 4 FEET WIDE IN ONLY A FEW LOCATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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