Spring Lake Adit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087692
MRDS ID D008626
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Lake Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.73745, 39.99412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 18,160 FT. N 43 W OF MAPLE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Payson Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002E 32 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Tentonic Ls
    Rock description Tentonic Ls
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.73745, 39.99412

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Crooked Canyon Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santaquin District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Everett Nelson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH WORKING IS SPRING LAKE DRIFT, IT IS ABOUT 1000 FT. LONG AND STILL ACCESSIBLE EXCEPT FOR BEING FLOODED, THE WEST PROSPECT WAS NOT LOCATABLE, PERHAPS DUE TO SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION, THE SOUTH WORKING IS A COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT. LONG

Comments on development

  • WATER FROM DRIFT CURRENTLY USED BY ELMER MOWER FOR IRRIGATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEMARS, L. C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MTN., SOUTHERN WASATCH MTNS., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    HALE, F. A., JR., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTAQUIN MINING DISTRICT: B.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. ILL.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOHY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOL. STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B. T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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