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Valeo Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041816
MRDS ID M057623
Record type Site
Current site name Valeo Mine
Related records 10155079

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.46384, 40.59938 (WGS84)
Elevation 2310
Relative position 1.1 MILE SE OF BALD MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 35 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result 1896 ORES SHIPPED CONTAIN 29 % CU, 10 - 14 OZ AG, $6 - 8 AU PER TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gardison and Lodgepole Limestones
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Metamorphosed Limestone Strikes N 75 E, Dip 60 - 70 Ne. Two Fissure Systems: 1) N 40 E, Nw; 2) Nw, Ne Dip

Ore body information

  • Length 41.15M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE WALL ROCKS ARE HIGHLY LIMONITIC, HEMATITIC, AND MANGANIFEROUS METAMORPHIC LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1896 - 1904

Mining district

District name Blue Ledge (Park City) District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS PRIOR TO 1912 INCLUDE THREE ADITS, 200 , 1000 , AND 1200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF PARK CITY DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 77 , P. 196 - 197

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S., BAKER, A.A. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1970 , GEOL MAP OF HEBER QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 864

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 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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