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Jones Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095603
MRDS ID M058092
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.80246, 40.6555 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 8,700 FT S 87 W OF MT. OLYMPUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugar House(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 002S 001E 11 NE OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mutual
    Rock description Mutual
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.80246, 40.6555
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Neffs Canyon Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADIT MAY BE IN TINTIC QUARTZITE RATHER THAN MUTUAL FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH WITH TWO PARALLEL EAST-TRENDING BRANCHES. THE SOUTHERN BRANCH CONTAINS MORE EXTENSIVE WORKINGS AND ONE AREA OF MINOR STOPING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE SUGAR HOUSE QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-380

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 50.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED PYRITE

Reporter information

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

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