Mineral Park Group Prospect

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042120
MRDS ID M058407
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Park Group Prospect
Alternate or previous names Newton, Branborg, Conteention, Wheeler, Wilson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.6519, 40.63605 (WGS84)
Elevation 2353
Relative position 6100 FT. NORTH 50 DEG. 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 SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Doughnut;Round Valley Limestone
    Rock description Doughnut;Round Valley Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.6519, 40.63605

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N. 80 W.
    Dip 30 NE TO 40 NE
    Thickness 0.41M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. Alexander

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 5 INDIVIDUAL WORKINGS STARTING IN LANDSLIDE AND GLACIAL MORAINE ALL BELIEVED SHORT, IN 1976 ONLY ONE 80-FT ADIT WAS OPEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY NARROW STRINGER OF SILVER BEARING ROCK REPORTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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.