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Hawkeye-Mchenry Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103840
MRDS ID M057614
Record type Site
Current site name Hawkeye-Mchenry Mine
Related records 10154769

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.47161, 40.62105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position AT THE HEAD OF MCHENRY CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 26 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PRINCIPAL MINES IN THE DISTRICT ARE FREEDOM, BULLION MONARCH, PROSPECTOR, YELLOW CANARY, WHITE HORSE, IRON DUKE AND THE J & L MINE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MARYSVALE, 1947 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.47161, 40.62105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hawkeye-Mchenry Fault, Strike E-W, Dip 45 - 60 Nw.

Ore body information

  • General form THIN SEAMS
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 70 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hawkeye-Mchenry Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blue Ledge (Park City) District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS PRIOR TO 1912 INCLUDE A 2,000 FT TUNNEL, A 400 FT SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J. M., 1912 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF PARK CITY DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 77 , P. 203 - 205

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C. S., BAKER, A. A. AND CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR, 1970 , GEOL MAP OF THE HEBER QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 864

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT HAVE AT LEAST 14 VEINS OF URANIUM. THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION IS OF THE URANIUM VEIN DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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