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Mineral Flat Sw Prospects

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021290
MRDS ID DC15592
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Flat Sw Prospects
Alternate or previous names Big Emma Cliam, Waterfall Claim, Niagara Claim, Mineral Flat Mining Co., Albion Consolidated Mining Co., South Hecla Mining Co., Alta United Mines Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63578, 40.55716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2896
Relative position 4200 FEET SIZE FROM MOUNT BALDY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 17 SE OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOCATION IS TO THE MINERAL FLAT TUNNEL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Big Cottonwood;Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Big Cottonwood;Tintic Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63578, 40.55716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Arch, Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINES ALSO IN OPHIR FM. AND MAXFIELD LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.002HA
    Length 1828.8M
    Overall length 4.57M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT A FOLLOWS A SHEAR ZONE (N63E, 47NW) IN CHERTY LIMESTONE AND SHALE, ADIT IS COLLAPSED BUT WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET LONG; ADIT B IS STILL ACCESSIBLE BUT HAS A POOR ROOF, IT IS APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET LONG; ADIT C IS INACCESSIBLE BUT IS APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET LONG IN LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE; ADIT D IS COLLAPSED AND QUITE SHORT; ADITS E ARE TWO ADITS ON OPPOSITE BANKS OF A STREAM - SW ONE IS COLLAPSED, NE ONE IS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND FLOODED, BOTH TOGETHER TOTAL AT LEAST 1000 FEET (MUCH OF DUMP HAS WASHED AWAY); PROSPECT F IS A 15 FOOT DIAMETER PIT 4 FEET DEEP IN FRACTURED, IRON-STAINED QUARTZITE; ADIT G IS A SHORT, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ADIT IN FRACTURED, IRON-STAINED QUARTZITE; ADIT H IS A COLLAPSED ADIT ABOUT 2000 FEET LONG IN FRACTURED, IRON-STAINED QUARTZITE; ADIT I IS A 20 FOOT ACCESSIBLE ADIT.

Comments on development

  • THE MINERAL FLAT TUNNEL WAS PORTALED ON THE BIG EMMA, WATERFALL AND NIAGARA CLAIMS AND IS THE LARGEST WORKING OF THE GROUP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THCOTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PA. 201, P. 130, 135.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH USGS MAP GQ-378

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DC 15612 IS PART OF THIS GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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