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Fremont Canyon Adits

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087648
MRDS ID D008457
Record type Site
Current site name Fremont Canyon Adits
Alternate or previous names Graphite and Hermione Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12829, 39.98217 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position 2500 FT. S OF OLD BALDY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010N 003W 01 SE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bluebell Dolomite
    Rock description Bluebell Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12829, 39.98217
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Immediately South Of Adits, Tintic Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name N. Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS; WEST ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. LONG, EAST ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 200 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H. T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH COL., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

  • Deposit

    COOK, D. R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B. T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H. T., BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    TRIPP, B. T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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