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Whirlwind

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021300
MRDS ID DC15613
Record type Site
Current site name Whirlwind

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.6055, 40.52911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2362
Relative position JUST WEST OF THE DUTCHMAN MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(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)

Utah Lake(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 28 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.6055, 40.52911
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dutchman Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Comments on the production information

  • $3,000 OF PRODUCTION TO 1885

Comments on the workings information

  • 1,100 FT IN A N 20 W DIRECTION, MINE IS BLOCKED 600 FT FROM THE PORTAL BY A BLACK MUCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FORK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 138 - 139

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, BS AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1916 , A RECON OF THE COTTONWOOD-AM FORK MINING REGION: USGS BULL 620

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-26-1958

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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