| Deposit ID | 10042094 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058355 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mount Baldy Prospects |
| Alternate or previous names | Dryburgh Claim Group, Alta Merger Mines Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.63772, 40.56688 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3292 |
| Relative position | 400 FT S 33 E OF MOUNT BALDY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Utah(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 003E | 08 | SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -111.63772, 40.56688 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | On Thrust Sheet |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | American Fork District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.008HA |
| Length | 6.1M |
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Overall length | 26.52M |
| Overall width | 3.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058355 |
CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROSPECT A -THREE SHALLOW PITS IN IRON STAINED FUCOIDAL QUARTZITE, NO SIGNIFICANT MINERALIZATION NOTED; PROSPECT B - PIT IN IRON STAINED QUARTZITE WITH SPARSE MALACHITE; PROSPECT C - SHAFT FOLLOWING FAULT ZONE IN QUARTZITE (N 44E, 67 N W) 6 FT. WIDE ZONE; PROSPECT D - PIT IN LIMESTONE WITH IRON STAINING; PROSPECT E - PIT ON IRON STAINED JOINTING (N 88 W, 69 N); PROSPECT F - IRON STAINING IN LIMESTONE, NO SIGNIFICANT MINERALIZATION NOTED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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