W.S. Brighton Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014868
MRDS ID D011936
Record type Site
Current site name W.S. Brighton Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mountain Lake Group, Great Western Mines Co

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.59134, 40.58411 (WGS84)
Elevation 2963
Relative position 2600 FT N 15 E FROM SUNSET PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(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 003S 003E 03 SE OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE, BUT PROXIMITY TO TUSCARORA CHIEF PROSPECTWOULD INDICATE PRESENCE OF CU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Possible Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Alta Stock
    Rock description Alta Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.59134, 40.58411

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordileran Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Unknown

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Unknown

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT OCCURS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE ALTA STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Great Western Mines Co.
    Home office Ogden, Ut.

Comments on the workings information

  • APPEARS TO BE A SMALL ADIT, NO KNOWN PRODUCTION

Comments on development

  • WASATCH NATIONAL FOREST OWNS THE SURFACE RIGHTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Deposit MAY BE A VEIN PROSPECT, BULL QUARTZ WITH CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE HOSTED BY SERICITIZED GRANODIORITE.
Deposit NO INFORMATION BESIDES NAME AND LOCATION OF PROSPECT (JAMES, L.P., 1979) IS AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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