Upper Baer Canyon Workings

Occurrence in Davis county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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 10095610
MRDS ID M058384
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Baer Canyon Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.87886, 41.03521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position 9,500 FT S 39 E OF HOLMES CREEK GAGING STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kaysville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 Davis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004N 001E 31 SW OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROSPECT IS AT THE SAME. APPROXIMATE LOCATION GIVEN BY BURANEK (1942) FOR AN ASBESTOS DEPOSITS BUT THE DESCRIPTIONS DON'T MATCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP OF EAST ADIT: AG - .3 PPM, AU - .12 PPM, CU - 1.02%, PB - 30 PPM, ZN - 45 PPM

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 > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Farmington Canyon Complex
    Rock description Farmington Canyon Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.87886, 41.03521

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 44 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kaysville Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SMALL ADITS, WEST ONE IS OPEN, OTHER TWO ARE COLLAPSED, THEY AVERAGE 20 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURANEK, A.M., 1942, INITIAL REPORT ON THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BEAR CANYON, DAVIS CO., UTAH: UGMS CIRCULAR 1, 4 P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS.

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, B., 1979, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PRECAMBRIAN FARMINGTON CANYON COMPLEX AND SURROUNDING ROCKS IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS BETWEEN OGDEN AND BOUNTIFUL, UTAH: USGS OFR 79-709

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE A PEGMATITE DIKE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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