Steamboat Tunnel

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, 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. 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 10014890
MRDS ID D011975
Record type Site
Current site name Steamboat Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Great Western Mines Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.58078, 40.573 (WGS84)
Elevation 2646
Relative position 3700 FT S38E OF PIONEER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(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)

Utah Lake(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 Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 11 SE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED. THE TUNNEL IS PART OF THE MOUNTAIN LAKE GROUP OF MINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Forsterite Gangue
Mica Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Clayton Peak Stock;Alta Stock
    Rock description Clayton Peak Stock;Alta Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.58078, 40.573

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Between Intrusive And Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Snake Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY MINOR PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE STEAMBOAT TUNNEL EXTENDS NORTHWESTERLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 4000 FT, TERMINATING BENEATH THE WORKINGS OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD AND MOUNTAIN LAKE MINES

Comments on development

  • TUNNEL WAS TO EXPLORE AND DEVELOP THE MOUNTAIN LAKE AND BIG COTTONWOOD MINE. TUNNEL WAS 3500 FT LONG BY 1905. ONLY MINOR MINERALIZATION WAS FOUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A SKARN FORMED ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE CLAYTON PEAK STOCK AND MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONES. METASOMATIC DEPOSIT IS MAGNETITE-RICH WITH UP TO 5% COPPER.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

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.

External references