Frederick Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021037
MRDS ID DC14742
Record type Site
Current site name Frederick Mine
Alternate or previous names Hellgate Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.6494, 40.58883 (WGS84)
Elevation 2603
Relative position 6,100 FT S 80 E OF SUPERIOR PEAK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 06 NE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 60 OZ AG AND 35% PB IN 1880

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Ophir;Fitchville
    Rock description Ophir;Fitchville
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.6494, 40.58883

Economic information

Geologic structures

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, Superior Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Alta Thrust

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALSO IN MISS. GARDISON AND DESERET LIMESTONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 35,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE SHIPPED BY 1880

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1828.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN TUNNEL IS 2500 FT LONG, THERE ARE TWO DRIFTS ALONG FISSURES, A RAISE TO THE COLUMBUS - REXALL AND THE HELLGATE DRIFT TO THE ALTA THRUST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNNELS TRENDS A FEW DEGREES WEST OF NORTH FOR ABOUT 2500 FT. IT CUTS SEVERAL LAMPROPHYRE DIKES IN THE OPHIR FM. AT 1800 FT FROM THE PORTAL, IN THE WATSON CLAIMS, IT CUTS A NE STRIKING FISSURE CONTAINING PYRITE. A SHORT DRIFT AND RAISE EXPLORE THIS FISSURE. ANOTHER FISSURE IS CUT AT 2300 FT. FROM THE PORTAL AND IS FOLLOWED FOR MORE THAN 900 FT. THIS FISSURE IS FILLED WITH A LAMPROPHYRE DIKE FOR PART OF ITS LENGTH AND IS MINERALIZED IN AREAS. A RAISE NEARLY UNDERNEATH THE OLD TOLEDO SHAFT CONNECTS THE FREDERICK WITH THE COLUMBUS-REXALL WORKINGS. THE HELLGATE DRIFT REACHES THE ALTA THRUST ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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