| Deposit ID | 10203025 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14132 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490350030 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cardiff Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | South Fork Con Mine, Mountain Chief Mine, Jones Mine |
| Related records | 10020853, 10227335 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.65139, 40.60774 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2789 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dromedary Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002 S | 003 E | 30 | SESWSE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Smithsonite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -111.65139, 40.60774 |
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| Strike | N30E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 50S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 400M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 50HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Year of first production | 1915 |
| District name | Big Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Salt Lake County |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Utah |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 4267M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 122M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490350030 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14132 | MAS references MRDS |
CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF COTTON
AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF: PAPER 201, P 109-111.
JAMES, L.P., IN PREPARATION, MINERAL RESOURCES OF BIG COTTON
DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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