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Burro Peak South Prospects

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088671
MRDS ID M058074
Record type Site
Current site name Burro Peak South Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78357, 40.8405 (WGS84)
Elevation 2688
Relative position 675 FT S 20 W OF BURRO PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 001N 001E 12 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO NORTH CENTRAL PROSPECT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Stansbury
    Rock description Stansbury
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78357, 40.8405
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hot Springs (Adams) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CENTRAL PROSPECT IS A 15 FT. DIAMETER PIT 15 FT DEEP, EAST PROSPECT IS AN OPEN CUT 25 FT. BY 10 FT. BY 5 FT. DEEP AND THE WEST PROSPECT IS A SHORT ADIT

Comments on development

  • MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF BURRO CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 227.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CENTRAL PROSPECT PIT IS ON A GOSSAN IN A BRECCIA ZONE, EAST PROSPECT CUT IN BRECCIA ZONE WITH IRON AND CALCITE, WEST PROSPECT ADIT IS ON A GOSSAN, IN A BRECCIA ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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