West Park Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron
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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014892
MRDS ID D011978
Record type Site
Current site name West Park Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.57439, 40.57383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2606
Relative position 4900 FT S57E 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 SW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE TANTAMOUNT CLAIMS AND LION GROUP OF CLAIMS. PROPERTY ALSO INCLUDES A LEASED PORTION OF THE GREAT WESTERN GROUP OF CLAIMS. TANTAMOUNT CLAIMS ARE UNPATENTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Contact Metamorphism, Bleaching, Recrystalization

Analytical data

Result 12% CU, 2.4 OZ/TON AG, .07 OZ/TON AU. AVERAGE GRADE IS 3% CU, .6 OZ/TON AG, .055 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Clayton Peak Stock
    Rock description Clayton Peak Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • 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) -111.57439, 40.57383

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, POD
    Strike N 90 E
    Dip 90
    Length 152.4M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Between The Clayton Peak Stock And Mississippian Limestones.

Comments on the geologic information

  • SKARNS FORMED ALONG CLAYTON PEAK-MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONE CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1946

Mining district

District name Snake Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner West Park Mining Co.
    Home office Provo, Ut.
  • Type Owner
    Owner West Park Mining Co.
    Home office Thomas Loveland, President, Provo, Ut.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1950 WAS 15 CARLOADS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 254.51M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN TUNNEL FOLLOWS MINERALIZATION AND IS 500 FT LONG. 620 FT EAST OF MAIN TUNNEL IS A SHORT CROSSCUT TUNNEL ABOUT 335 FT LONG. OTHER WORKINGS INCLUDE SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES AND PITS. SHALLOW SHAFTS SHOWN ON MAP ARE ACTUALLY PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • WEST PARK MINING ORGANIZED IN 1946. ROAD BUILT AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS STARTED IN 1946. FIVE CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1946. 10 ADDITIONAL CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED BY 1950.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A. CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534

  • Deposit

    ALLSMAN, P.T., AND GUNNELL, F.H., 1946, U.S.B.M. REPORT OF EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    BUCHHOLTZ, H.F., 1950, U.S.B.M. STRATEGIC MINERALS EXAMINATION REPORT

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. REPORT OF EXAMINATION, 1946, BY P.T. ALLSMAN AND GUNNELL, F.H., U.S.B.M. STRATEGIC MINERALS EXAMINATION, 1950, BY BUCHHOLTZ, H.F.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT METAMORPHIC REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT CONSISTING OF CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE AND MAGNETITE. DEPOSIT HAS AN OVERALL TABULAR SHAPE, 500 FT LONG IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION AND 3 FT WIDE. DEPTH UNKNOWN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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