Round Valley South Prospect

Occurrence in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087365
MRDS ID D006445
Record type Site
Current site name Round Valley South Prospect
Related records 10203228

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49661, 40.68327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Relative position 4800 FT. N OF DORITY SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park City East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 004E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Breccia Of Silver Creek
    Rock description Breccia Of Silver Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Gartra Grit Member Of Ankareh Formation;Mahogany Member Of Ankareh Formation
    Rock description Gartra Grit Mbr. Of Ankareh Formation;Mahogany Mbr Of Ankareh Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49661, 40.68327

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Two Members Of The Ankareh Fm.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 10.67M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT IS PROBABLY THE REMNANT OF A SHORT ADIT, NOW COLLAPSED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1971. GEOL. MAP OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-852.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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