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Woodlawn Mine

Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021022
MRDS ID DC14713
Record type Site
Current site name Woodlawn Mine
Alternate or previous names Clarke Tunnel, New Sensation Tunnel, Manahansett Tunnel, Gardner Tunnel
Related records 10154788, 10277002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60995, 40.60716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2819
Relative position 1.25 MI WEST OF BRIGHTON

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 002S 003E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ACC. NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SECT. 33. LOCATION IS OF THE GARDNER TUNNEL. MINE WAS CONSOLIDATED IN 1928 WITH THE BIG COTTONWOOD COALITION TO FORM THE KENTUCKY UTAH CO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Diorite Is Highly Metamorphosed

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60995, 40.60716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure (N 70 E, 60 N), Grizzly Overthrust.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 60 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL SMALLER DIKES OF ALASKITE PORPHYRY AND GRANODIORITE CUTS ACROSS THE BEDDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1900-1923

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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