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Sulphur Prospect

Occurrence in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodity Sulfur
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  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 10011521
MRDS ID D006471
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphur Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.88076, 40.80494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2829
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF SULPHUR CAMPGROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitney Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 009E 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Slope Wash;Moraine;Spring Deposit (Tufa)
    Rock description Slope Wash;Moraine;Spring Deposit (Tufa)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.88076, 40.80494
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Spring (Now Dry) Odor Of H2s Can Be Detected In Vicinity Of Workings

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hayden Fork

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO RECOVER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.214HA
    Overall length 170M
    Overall width 82.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OVAL AREA WITH SIGNS OF INDIVIDUAL PITS AND FORMER ADITS. MARKED ON SALT LAKE CITY AMS NK12-11 SHEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1974, COLORADO AND UTAH INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 108

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, ON SITE INVEST.: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOULDERS AND COBBLES COATED AND STAINED WITH SULFUR AND SULFATES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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