Scott Prospects

Occurrence in Salt Lake 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. 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042115
MRDS ID M058399
Record type Site
Current site name Scott Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.71468, 40.6655 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 4300 FT. N 55 W OF MT. RAYMOUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Aire(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)

Mount Olympus Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 002E 03,09 NW OF NE OF NW (09) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Humbug
    Rock description Humbug
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.71468, 40.6655

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 40 NE TO 80 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Limestone Horizons

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mill Creek Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner David A. Jones

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME SURFACE WORK MAY HAVE BEEN DONE. SEVERAL SCATTERED WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME WORKINGS START IN QUATERNARY TALUS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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