Cardiff Extension Prospect

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042119
MRDS ID M058406
Record type Site
Current site name Cardiff Extension Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cottonwood Exchequer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65607, 40.64355 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 7400 FT. NORTH 28 EAST OF KESSLER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Aire(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 18 SE OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE REYNOLDS FLAT, SOUTH CANYON SIDE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Dike
    Rock description Diorite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzite
    Rock description Weber Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65607, 40.64355

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift

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 Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • GOLD AND SILVER VALUES 300 FT. FROM THE PORTAL, ADIT CAVED, STARTS IN MORAINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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