| Deposit ID | 10021016 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14687 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eclipse Shaft and Hirshman Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.63828, 40.60244 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2935 |
| Relative position | 2200 FT N 73 E OF FLAGSTAFF MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dromedary 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)
Jordan(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 | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 003E | 32 | NW OF SE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Granodiorite To Granite Dikes | ||||||
| Rock description | Granodiorite To Granite Dikes | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Gardison Limestone;Fitchville |
| Rock description | Gardison Limestone;Fitchville |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -111.63828, 40.60244 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Alta Thrust Zone And Superior Faults |
| General form | UNKNOWN |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| District name | Big Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14687 |
CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114 PG. 74-75
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE BODIES ARE AN EXTENSION OF THE FLAGSTAFF-EMMA ZONE AND CONSIST OF REPLACEMENT OF FAVORABLE BEDS OF THE GARDISON AND FITCHVILLE AT THE INTERSECTION WITH MINERALIZED FISSURES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1982 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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