Alta Superior Tunnel

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
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 10088744
MRDS ID M058353
Record type Site
Current site name Alta Superior Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.66801, 40.55327 (WGS84)
Elevation 3109
Relative position 9,800 FT. S 58 W OF MOUNT BALDY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(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 002E 13 SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION WAS PROJECTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE ON DUP

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE: AU-TRACE, AG-TRACE, CU-.003 PERCENT, MO-.01 PERCENT, PB-LESS THAN .01 PERCENT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.66801, 40.55327

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT BEARING S 70 E

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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