| Deposit ID | 10020443 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC13238 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dyke #1 Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | This Claim Was Originally Staked As the Copperhead, By Which It Is Most Well Known. It Was Staked As the Gold Chief, Claims From 1925-1950. It Was Also Known As the Black Diamond In, 1929. It Is Part of A Group of 6 Claims That Obtained Its Present, Name From Its Present Owners |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.03164, 39.55939 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1939 |
| Relative position | 4,800 FT E-SE OF LADY LAIRD PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lady Laird Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 014S | 011W | 36 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Limestone G (Wheeler Formation) |
| Rock description | Limestone G (Wheeler Formation) |
| (1) | Prospect Mountain Quartzite |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | A Faulted Homocline Striking N 20 Deg. W And Dipping 30 Deg. Sw |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 DEG E |
| Dip | 20 DEG W |
| Thickness | 27.43M |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Width | 38.1M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 152.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Production years | INTEMITTENT 1904 - 1944 |
| District name | Detroit |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ward Leasing Co.? |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, Ut. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dudley Crafts, J. Shoenberger |
| First year | 1969 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC13238 |
CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN THE DRUM MTNS, UT: USGS BULL. 1082-H
DOELLING, H.H., 1969, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DYKE CLAIMS, SEC. 36, T14S, R11W, DRUM MTNS, JUAB COUNTY UTAH: UT GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY RI #41.
USGS MINERALS YEARBOOK: 1916 PT 1, P. 443; 1917 PT. 1, P. 189; 1918 PT. 1, P. 389; 1919 PT 1., P. 435
SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, MARCH 30, 1916, P. 17
CRANE, G.W., 1934, GEOLOGY AND EVALUATION OF COMPANY HOLDINGS IN THE DETROIT DISTRICT: REPORT TO MR. FRANK SYLVESTER, PRESIDENT OF UTAH CENTRAL MINES COMPANY FROM G.W. CRANE, CONSULTING GEOLOGIST, MARCH 15, 1934, MAPS, SURVEYS, ASSAYS, ETC.
1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111
1941 DIREXPL USBM DIAMOND DRILLING
1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, M.D., USGS BULL 1082-H
CRANE, G.W., 1934, COMPANY REPORT: UTAH CENTRAL MINES CO.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CENTRAL UTAH MINES CO., CONSISTED OF 144 CLAIMS, 93 OF WHICH WERE OWNED OUTRIGHT 45 PATENTED & 6 LOCATED, THIS CLAIM WAS ONE OF THE LOCATED (GOLD CHIEF GROUP). |
| Deposit | THE TERT QTZ. MONZ. PORPHYRY LISTED ABOVE (CRITTENDEN, 1961) IS VERY SIMILIAR TO THE MT. LAIRD TUFF (LINDSEY, 1979) AND ARE BELIEVED TO BE APOPHYSES FROM A BURIED PLUTON THAT IS THE UNCOLAPSED OR RESURGENT PORTION OF THE MAGMA CHAMBER OF THE MT. LAIRD TUFF ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1980 | Everts, Mike L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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