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Mc Coy Adit

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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 10078536
MRDS ID W026907
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Coy Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.22375, 38.52943 (WGS84)
Elevation 3267
Relative position .7 MILES SOUTH OF MT. WAAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Waas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal 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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 024E 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE, NW, SEC. 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hemitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.22375, 38.52943
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Laccolithic Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Sal Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.026HA
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, 2 ARE CAVED. THE OPEN ADIT HAS 30 FT. OF ACCESSABLE WORKINGS AND AN INTERIOR SHAFT FLOODED TO THE TOP. ADIT CONTINUES BEYOND SHAFT. 3 PROSPECT PITS ARE PRESENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNT, C.B. 1958 , STRUCTURE AND IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF THE LA SAL MOUNTAINS, UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 294-I

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE HUNT, C.B., PROFESSIONAL PAPER 294-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER MINERALIZATION IS SPOTTY IN SHEARED DIORITE PORPHRY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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