Prince of Wales Group

Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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. 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108837
MRDS ID DC14137
Record type Site
Current site name Prince of Wales Group
Alternate or previous names Alta Tunnel & Transportation Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.61634, 40.60438 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Relative position JUST WEST OF THE HONEYCOMB CLIFFS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(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)

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 003E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES HIGHLAND CHIEF, WELLINGTON, ANTELOPE, WANDERING BOY, AND WARRIOR CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wad Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result ORES PRODUCED IN 1875 ASSAYED 135 OZ/TON AG, 35 % PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.61634, 40.60438

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Grizzly Overthrust And Two Other Obscure Overthrust Above And Below The Grizzly. Fissure (Ne, 60 - 65 N).

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY-LIKE
    Dip 45 NW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 36.58M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN THE JEFFERSON (?) DOL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 3000 FT ALTA TUNNEL, 1500 FT ANNIE TUNNEL, 750 FT BOSTON TUNNEL, 600 FT WELLINGTON TUNNEL, 800 FT ANTELOPE NO. 3 TUNNEL, 500 FT HONEYCOMB TUNNEL, 930 FT PRINCE OF WALES SHAFT, AND THE HIGHLAND CHIEF SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE OF DIFFERENT SHOOTS: PRINCE OF WALES SHOOT - 1200 X 120 X 4 FT, HIGHLAND CHIEF SHOOT - 800 X 75 X 3 FT, WELLINGTON SHOOT - 700 X 30 X 7 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references