Copper Queen Prospects

Occurrence in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. 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 10042235
MRDS ID M058629
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Queen Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.478, 40.59383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2566
Relative position 5,500 FT S07E OF BALD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 004E 03 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO EASTERN MOST ADIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Granodiorite Porphyry Is Locally Partially Altered

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Flagstaff Mtn. Stock
    Rock description Flagstaff Mtn. Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.478, 40.59383

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Unite Arch
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dutch Hollow Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Formation Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX COLLAPSED ADITS, FOUR OCCUR TOGETHER AND ARE REPRESENTED BY THE SE ADIT SYMBOL ON THE MAP, WORKINGS PROBABLY EXCEED A TOTAL OF 300 FEET.

Comments on development

  • IN 1924 IT WAS PART OF THE VERDUN CLAIM GROUP, ONE TUNNEL HAD BEEN DRIVEN 175 FEET, NO ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURSON BRECCIATED CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZITE AND GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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