Hayes Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042116
MRDS ID M058400
Record type Site
Current site name Hayes Mine
Alternate or previous names Baker Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.69162, 40.67216 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 2500 FT. N 75 SW OF GOBBLER'S KNOB

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)

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 02 SW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • YIELDED SOME RICH GOLD ORE CONTAINING COPPER IN 1904 (CALKINS AND BUTLER, P. 77) ALSO A LEAD PRODUCER

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) -111.69162, 40.67216

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mt. Raymond Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 50 NE
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 50 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mill Creek Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, APPROXIMATELY 400 FT. OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.