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Gold Point

Past Producer in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041819
MRDS ID M057631
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Point

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.42905, 40.92134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position JUST ABOVE THE MOUTH OF CART CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley 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 Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 022E 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS NOW UNDERNEATH THE FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD VALUES RANGE FROM A FEW CENTS TO A MAXIMUM OF $1.60 PER CUBIC YARD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.42905, 40.92134
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VERY FINE "FLOUR" GOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Flaming Gorge Reservoir

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN THE 1900'S AND 1930'S INCLUDE SEVERAL PITS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LARGE OVERBURDEN MAY HINDER OPEN PIT MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, W.R., 1965 , GEOLOGY OF THE FLAMING GORGE AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 490 , P. 183 - 184

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GOLD IS CONCENTRATED IN NATURAL RIFFLES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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