Valeo Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Manganese
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042237
MRDS ID M058637
Record type Site
Current site name Valeo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.4605, 40.59966 (WGS84)
Elevation 2182
Relative position 6,600 FT S 59 E OF BALD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 35 SW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO MAIN ADIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDIZED SILVER-LEAD ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Marble Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Marmorization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mayflower Stock
    Rock description Mayflower Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Deseret Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gardison and Lodgepole Limestones

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Arch
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dutch Hollow Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 1264.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 7 ADITS, ONE PROSPECT TRENCH AND ONE ICLINED SHAFT: COLLAPSED ADIT A IS ABOUT 50 FT. LONG: COLLAPSED ADIT 3 IS ABOUT 200 FT. LONG; ADIT C (MAIN ADIT OF BOUTWELL, 1912) WAS ABOUT 1200 FEET LONG BUT IS NOW COLLAPSED; ADIT D IS A SMALL ADIT; ADIT E IS A SMALL ADIT; ADIT F (MIDDLE ADIT OF BOUTWELL, 1912) IS NOW COLLAPSED BUT HAD 2,500 FT. OF WORKINGS; ADIT G (UPPER ADIT OF BOUTWELL, 1912) IS CAVED BUT WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 FT. LONG, THIS ADIT IS CONNECTED WITH THE MIDDLE ADIT BY INCLINED WINZES ON THE ORE SHOOT, WITH SHORT INTERMEDIATE LEVELS; PROSPECT H IS A SMALL PROSPECT TRENCH; SHAFT I IS AN INCLINE THAT EXPLORES A SHEAR ZONE (N85W, 49 NE).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL IRREGULAR FISSURES
Deposit HAD 15,000 TONS OF ORE ON DUMP IN 1900, WERE CONSIDERING ORDERING 50 TON MATTING PLANT, SHIPPED ORE IN 1906, 1907, 1914 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 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