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West Quincy Property

Occurrence in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095571
MRDS ID M057640
Record type Site
Current site name West Quincy Property
Related records 10203860

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.51745, 40.6055 (WGS84)
Elevation 2704
Relative position NORTH EDGE OF BONANZA FLAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONSIST OF FIVE CLAIMS AND THE BOULDER BASIN GROUP OF 20 CLAIMS
  • THIS AREA ALSO INCLUDE T4S, R24E; T5S, R24E; T5S, R25E; AND T4S, R25E. THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM EAST OF LITTLE BRUSH CREEK TO THE UTAH-COLORADO BORDER LINE. THE UTM LOCATION IS NEAR THE CENTER OF THIS AREA AT SPLIT MOUNTAIN.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DINOSAUR QUARRY, 1965 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism Of The Thaynes Fm

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.51745, 40.6055
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures Strike N 60 E, Dip 60 Se

Ore body information

  • General form BLOTCHES, DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AREA IS EXTENSIVELY COVERED BY GLACIAL DEPOSITS. THE INTRUSIVE IS ENCOUNTERED AT THE 600 FT LEVEL OF THE SHAFT
  • AN AREA, 2 MILES EAST OF LITTLE BRUSH CREEK TO 5 MILES NW OF DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT, IS COVERED BY THE BISHOP CONGLOMERATE. THE PHOSPHATE BEDS OUTCROP NEAR THE EAST END OF THE ISLAND PARK SYNCLINE AND ON THE FLANKS OF THE SPLIT MOUNTAIN ANTICLINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blue Ledge (Park City) District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 600 FT SHAFT AND A 810 FT DRILL HOLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PARK CITY DISTRICT: USGS PP 77 , P. 226

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR, BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUAD: USGS QUAD MAP GQ - 534

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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