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Monte Cristo Prospect

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042082
MRDS ID M058323
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Prospect
Alternate or previous names Horsshoe Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65079, 40.59994 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 3800 FT S 73 W OF FLAGSTAFF MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(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 Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 31 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65079, 40.59994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description East And West Superior Faults To East; Alta Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North Striking Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SHAFT IS COLLARED IN TALUS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT LESS THAN 200 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTWOOD DISTRICT UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 71.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Spanski, Gregory T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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