Sessions Mountains Prospect

Occurrence in Davis 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. 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 10041978
MRDS ID M058080
Record type Site
Current site name Sessions Mountains Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.79523, 40.87022 (WGS84)
Elevation 2414
Relative position 13,225 FT N 57 E OF CAVE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Douglas(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 36 NW OF NW OF NW 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
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hot Springs (Adams) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1961, NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE GEOLOGIC MAP OF UTAH: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 111, P. 227.

  • Deposit

    HUNTLEY, D.B., 1885, THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF UTAH: TENTH CENSUS U.S., VOL. 13, STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE PRECIOUS METALS, P. 405-489.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKING COVERED WITH SNOW AT TIME OF VISIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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