East Carbonate Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042079
MRDS ID M058310
Record type Site
Current site name East Carbonate Mine
Alternate or previous names Snowflake Claim, Homestead Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65273, 40.62438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2536
Relative position 13,200 FT N 23 E OF SUPERIOR PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 19 NW OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY FROM SOUTHERN MOST WORKING ON HOMESTEAD CLAIM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue

Analytical data

Result .7 OZ PER TON AG, .4 PERCENT ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite To Granite Dikes
    Rock description Granodiorite To Granite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Deseret Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65273, 40.62438

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Limb Of Uinta Arch, Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alta Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner East Carbonate Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 580.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR ADITS: 250 FT., 90 FT., 375 FT., 380 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 609

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.

External references