| Deposit ID | 10042071 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058287 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Murray Copper and Victor Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.77162, 40.61633 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1768 |
| Relative position | 3,600 FT. S 45 W OF LEDGEMERE PICNIC GROUND |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Draper(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)
Twin Peaks Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 002E | 30 | NW OF SE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | DUMP SAMPLE 2.4 PPM AG, .14 PPM AU, 2100 PPM CU, 40 PPM PB, 160 PPM ZN, 9 PPM MO, 40 PPM CO, 40 PPM NI |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Big Cottonwood |
| Rock description | Big Cottonwood |
| (1) | -111.77162, 40.61633 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wasatch Fault Zone |
| General form | OTHER UNKNOWN |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1912 |
| District name | Big Cottonwood Canyon Mouth Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058287 |
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 114, P. 49, FIGURE 5.
CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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