Left Fork City Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011356
MRDS ID D006133
Record type Site
Current site name Left Fork City Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7308, 41.91299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 10000 FT SW OF CHERRY PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naomi Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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)

Mount Naomi Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014N 002E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Siderite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Langston Formation
    Rock description Langston Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.7308, 41.91299

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust And Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 13 E
    Dip 36 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • High-Angle Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bear River Range

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVE FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 6.1M
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS; TWO NOW COLLAPSED AND FIVE SHALLOW OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    CHAPELLE, J.C., 1976, MINERALIZATION OF THE BEAR RIVER RANGE: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SUR.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA CUT BY THREE HIGH ANGLE FAULTS STRIKING NORTH AND DIPPING STEEPLY WESTWARD. THE TWO WEST MOST FAULTS ARE NORMAL WHILE THE EASTERN FAULT IS REVERSED. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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