Upper Buffalo Scaffold Canyon Prospects

Occurrence in Davis county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, 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 10042064
MRDS ID M058259
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Buffalo Scaffold Canyon Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21581, 40.95437 (WGS84)
Elevation 1832
Relative position 6,440 FT N 02 E OF CEDAR SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Davis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 003W 32 NW OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Farmington Canyon Complex
    Rock description Farmington Canyon Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21581, 40.95437

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault, Thrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 16 E
    Dip 57 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone With And Without Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope Island Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0HA
    Length 97.54M
    Overall length 1.83M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOUTH ADIT IS 20 FT. LONG; MIDDLE ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 300 FT. LONG, PARTIALLY FLOODED AND MAY HAVE BEEN AN ATTEMPTED CROSSCUT; THE NORTH PROSPECT IS A 4 FT. DEEP PIT ABOUT 6 FT. IN DIAMETER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, F.D., 1983, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CENTRAL WASATCH FRONT, UTAH: UGMS MAP 54-A.

  • Deposit

    LARSEN, W.N., 1957, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF ANTELOPE ISLAND, DAVIS CO., UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PHD DISSERTATION.

  • Deposit

    NOVOTNY, R.T., 1958, A GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC STUDY OF ANTELOPE ISLAND, GREAT SALT LAKE, DAVIS CO., UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUTH ADIT FOLLOWS QUARTZ VEIN ALONG SHEAR ZONE (N 16 E 57 SE), QUARTZ VEIN HAS 1 FT. MAXIMUM THICKNESS; MIDDLE ADIT TRENDS N 41 E THROUGH FRACTURED ROCK; NORTH PROSPECT IS ON FAULT ZONE (N 44 W 72 SW).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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