White Pine Moly Claims

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Bismuth
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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088745
MRDS ID M058354
Record type Site
Current site name White Pine Moly Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.68051, 40.55438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2676
Relative position 12,600 FT S 70 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 14 NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE ADIT A: BI-.005 PERCENT, CU-.014 PERCENT, MO-.05 PERCENT, PB-.04 PERCENT, ZN-LESS THAN .1 PERCENT
Result DUMP SAMPLE ADIT B: AG-1 PPM, AU-LESS THAN .02 PPM, CU-125 PPM, MO-2 PPM, PB-450 PPM, ZN-335 PPM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.68051, 40.55438

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55 W
    Dip 52 SW

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.011HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT A IS A 50 FOOT BY 15 FOOT CUT; ADIT B IS A COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET LONG, PROSPECT C IS A 50 FOOT BY 10 FOOT TRENCH 2 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP AT ADIT A, MASSIVE QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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.