Dry Hollow Prospects

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042006
MRDS ID M058140
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Hollow Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.86412, 40.46077 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 9,740 FT S 13 W OF RED ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lehi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 001E 20 SW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO SW PROSPECT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.86412, 40.46077

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wasatch Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Point Of The Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.027HA
    Overall length 32M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOUTHWEST PROSPECT IS ABOUT 3 FT. DEEP; NORTHEAST TWO PROSPECTS ARE CUTS IN COLLUVIUM, EACH ARE ABOUT 30 FT. BY 10 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED QUARTZITE WITH HEMATITE STREAKS AND STAINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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