Tillite Claims

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014875
MRDS ID D011947
Record type Site
Current site name Tillite Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.61467, 40.58633 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Relative position 5025 FT S 75 W FROM MT. MILLICENT

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 04 SE OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP IS UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Weak Propylitic, Limonitic Staining

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) -111.61467, 40.58633

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Intrusive

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT LOCATED WITHIN THE ALTA STOCK, NONPORPHYRITIC PHASE. NO EVIDENCE OF PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM SYSTEM PRESENT LIKE PHYLLIC ALTERATION OR QUARTZ VEINLETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT SHOWN ON MAP. ONE ADIT LOCATED ADJACENT TO SHAFT. BOTH OPENINGS CALLASPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOLYBDENITE AND CHALCOPYRITE LOCATED ALONG FRACTURES IN GRANODIORITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.