| Deposit ID | 10014882 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011959 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Davenport Mine |
| Related records | 10301187 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.61995, 40.59911 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3018 |
| Relative position | 6950 FT N 62 W FROM MT. MILLICENT |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 003E | 33 | NW OF NW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Result | OVERALL PRODUCTION AVERAGED 65 OZ/TON AG AND 15% PB |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Maxfield Limestone;Gardison Limestone |
| Rock description | Maxfield Limestone;Gardison Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -111.61995, 40.59911 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Grizzly Thrust Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 1.52M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Discoverer | Tim Sullivan |
| Year of first production | 1870 |
| Year of last production | 1873 |
| District name | Little Cottonwood District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Year | 1871 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1870-1871 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^90 Oz/Ton Ag, 19% Pb | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1463.04M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011959 |
BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 111.
BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. AND SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PRESUMABLY WAS A FISSURE DEPOSIT STRIKING NORTH-NORTHEAST. ORE CONSISTED OF HIGHLY OXIDIZED ARGENTIFEROUS AND ANTIMONIAL GALENA WITH ABUNDANT IRON OXIDES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1984 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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