Western Moniter Prospects

Occurrence in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011465
MRDS ID D006364
Record type Site
Current site name Western Moniter Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.53884, 40.63244 (WGS84)
Elevation 2871
Relative position 9000 FT. SW OF WHITE PINE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salt Lake City(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

National Forest(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Thaynes Formation
    Rock description Thaynes Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.53884, 40.63244

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Nw Trending Fault Ne Of Prospects

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL., 1966. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-535.

  • Deposit

    ERICKSON, A.J., 1968. PARK CITY DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 22.

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, ET.AL. GQ-53

  • Production

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912. PARK CITY DISTRICTS: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 77.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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