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Webb Hollow Mine

Occurrence in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041986
MRDS ID M058101
Record type Site
Current site name Webb Hollow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.29021, 40.56577 (WGS84)
Elevation 2067
Relative position 5700 FT. N 61 W OF HILL 7578 IN SECTION 16

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Francis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Forest(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 006E 17 NE OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES SW OF PROVO RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite Porphyry
    Rock description Andesite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.29021, 40.56577
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 20 SE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Claystone And Silicified Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAYSTONE UNDERLIES 6 FT. THICK LAYER OF SILICIFIED ROCK. CLAYSTONE EXPOSED IS 4 FT THICK, BUT ONLY UPPER 1 FT APPEARS MINERALIZED AND CONTAINS GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lady Long - Big Pole Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT BLASTED AND INACCESSIBLE

Comments on development

  • SLUICE BOXES CONSTRUCTED LATE 1970S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, N.C. (ED), 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE WASATCH AND UINTA MOUNTAINS TRANSITION AREA, 13TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE: INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON-SITE INSPECTION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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