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Gad Valley Lower Prospects

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042144
MRDS ID M058501
Record type Site
Current site name Gad Valley Lower Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.66523, 40.57411 (WGS84)
Elevation 2536
Relative position 2,300 FT S10E OF NO. 10 SPRING

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 003S 002E 12 SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Clay Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz Monzonite Altered To Clay And Sericite

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP: AG-88 PPM, AU-LESS THAN .02 PPM, CU-1930 PPM, MO-3 PPM, PB-1980 PPM, ZN-21500 PPM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.66523, 40.57411
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N42E
    Dip 81 NW
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT ABOUT 30 FEET DEEP, SHAFT COLLAR IS 6 FT. BY 3 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON STAINED JOINTING AND FRACTURES IN ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE
Deposit MAY BE ON THE FREE COINAGE CLAIM GROUP. SHAFT IS COPPED WITH LOG CAP (POOR CONDITION). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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