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Midnight Claim Group

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012797
MRDS ID D008739
Record type Site
Current site name Midnight Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Wasatch Mining and Milling Co. Workings, Neegley Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.75828, 39.98328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 8,500 FT N 51 E OF SANTAQUIN CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(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

National Forest(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002E 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Maxfield Limestone and Ophir Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Yellow Rock Canyon Fault To South Of Workings

Comments on the geologic information

  • WORKINGS ARE IN OPHIR FM., TEUTONIC LS., DAGMAR LS. AND HERKIMER LS.

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 1840M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE ADITS AND ONE SHAFT; SHAFTS IS APPROXIMATELY 40 FT. DEEP, ADITS TOTAL 1800 FT. WITH LOWEST ADIT BEING BY FAR THE LARGEST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEMARS, L.C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MTN., SOUTHERN WASATCH MTN., UT.: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, N.. 2.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADITS WERE ORIGINALLY OPENED BY WASATCH MINING AND MILLING CO.; THE SHAFT WAS KNOWN AS THE NEGGLEY SHAFT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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