Mount Baldy Prospects

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -111.63772, 40.56688 (WGS84)
Elevation 3292
Relative position 400 FT S 33 E OF MOUNT BALDY

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 08 SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63772, 40.56688

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch
Type of structure Local
Structure description On Thrust Sheet

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.008HA
    Length 6.1M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 26.52M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT A -THREE SHALLOW PITS, 450 SQ. FT. TOTAL AREA; PROSPECT B - PIT 20 FT. BY 10 FT. BY 6 FT. DEEP; SHAFT C - 20 FT. DEEP WITH 6 FT. BY 8 FT. COLLAR, PROSPECT D - PIT 15 FT. BY 8 FT. BY 6 FT. DEEP; PROSPECT E - 8 FT. DIAMETER PIT; PROSPECT F - 6 FT. DIAMETER PIT 3 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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