Iron Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10011464
MRDS ID D006363
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.53134, 40.66772 (WGS84)
Elevation 2201
Relative position 5100 NE OF IRON MOUNTAIN

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.53134, 40.66772

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form ALLUVIAL FAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966. MATERIALS INVENTORY SUMMIT CO.

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP CRITTENDEN, M.D., ET.AL. GQ-53

  • Production

    UTAH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS, 1966. MATERIALS INVENTORY: SUMMIT CO.

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.