Maple Dell Ne Workings

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012838
MRDS ID D008799
Record type Site
Current site name Maple Dell Ne Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.6905, 39.97412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 6,350 FT N9E OF MAPLE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Payson Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002E 02 NW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Opex Dolomite;Gardner Dolomite
    Rock description Opex Dolomite;Gardner Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.6905, 39.97412

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bear Canyon Thrust Fault To North, Payson Canyon Wrench Fault To West

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • East-West Trending Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santaquin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT IS MAIN WORKING, IT TRENDS N84E AND IS COLLAPSED 47 FT INSIDE THE PORTAL; SHAFT IS ACTUALLY SHORT ADIT WITH DEEP WINZE, A DRIFT 15 FT. DOWN THE WINZE HEADS THE SAME DRIRECTION AS THE SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, D.J., 1956, STRAT. AND STRUCT. OF THE WEST LOAFER MTN.-UPPER PAYSON CANYON AREA, UTAH CO., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, NO. 4.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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