Baker Claims Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021004
MRDS ID DC14666
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Claims Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.68301, 40.64577 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Relative position 7000 FT S. 50 E OF MOUNT RAYMOND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Aire(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 002E 14 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IN MILL A GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization, Bleaching, Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Dikes
    Rock description Diorite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Humbug;Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Humbug;Deseret Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.68301, 40.64577

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 45 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS METAMORPHOSED NEAR DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 792.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECTS. THE UPPER TUNNEL IS 2000 FT. LONG, ADELAIDE HAD 250 FT. OF TUNNELS AND SHAFT BY 1873

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS FOLLOW PYRITE-GOETHITE GOSSAN DOWN THE BEDDING
Deposit INCLUDES ADELAIDE PROSPECTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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