Scrip Shaft

Occurrence in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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 10087353
MRDS ID D006414
Record type Site
Current site name Scrip Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49495, 40.63716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2213
Relative position 6600 FT S OF MASONIC HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzite
    Rock description Weber Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49495, 40.63716

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shaft Is On Crest Of Park City Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARREN, C.W., 1971, INDEX TO THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 91.

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1971, GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. GQ-852.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

  • Production

    WARREN, C.W., 1971, INDEX TO THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 91.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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