Pfeiffer Canyon Middle Prospects

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041969
MRDS ID M058056
Record type Site
Current site name Pfeiffer Canyon Middle Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94662, 40.18938 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 6,700 FT S 61 W OF SOLDIERS PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soldiers Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 001W 22 NE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94662, 40.18938

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lake Mountain Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 57 W
    Dip 43 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Soldiers Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 25.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT AND ONE PROSPECT, ADIT TRENDS S 34 W

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1951, GEOLOGY OF LAKE MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 41, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND BURANEK, A.M., 1948, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE MOUNTAINS, UTAH CO., UTAH: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CIRCULAR NO. 35, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMONITIZED AND ALTERED ZONES ALONG FAVORABLE HORIZONS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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