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Gold Willow Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088723
MRDS ID M058286
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Willow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78496, 40.59022 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 6,350 FT N 12 E OF GRANITE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draper(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 003S 001E 01 NW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM DUMP OF UPPER CAVED ADIT ON NORTH SIDE OF CANYON (IN PPM.): AG-1.0, AU-.02, ZN-25, W-2
Result LOWER CAVED ADIT NORTH SIDE DUMP SAMPLE (IN PPM.): AG-2.2, AU-.14, CU-1280, MO-3, PB-25, ZN-10, AS-1, W-2, CO-20, NI-35
Result SAMPLE FROM DUMP OF SOUTHERN ADIT (IN PPM.): AG-.7, AU-.04, CU-25, ZN-15, W-2
Result SAMPLE FROM DUMP OF WEST ADIT (IN PPM.): AG-.7, AU-.02, CU-20, ZN-20, W-2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Little Willow
    Rock description Little Willow

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78496, 40.59022
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone

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 Little Willow Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mssrs. F. Coupens And C. W. Whited
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nels H. Johnson

Comments on the production information

  • 9 TONS OF 65 DOLLAR/TON AU-AG ORE SHIPPED AND 8,000 DOLLARS OF AU ORE ALSO SHIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. THE MAIN ADIT IS 1500 FT. LONG

Comments on development

  • WEST TUNNEL EXTENDED IN 1976 BY COUPENS AND WHITED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 114, P. 48, FIGURE 5.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.

  • Production

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 48.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN AMPHIBOLITE AND QUARTZ SERICITE SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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