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M Workings

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087702
MRDS ID D008673
Record type Site
Current site name M Workings
Alternate or previous names Morning Star A and Morning Star B Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.74635, 40.46994 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position 15,650 FT S 63 W FROM THE SUMMIT OF BOX ELDER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timpanogos Cave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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)

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
004S 002E 17 SE OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO LONGEST ADIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gardison Limestone
    Rock description Gardison Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.74635, 40.46994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overthrust And Normal Faults South Of The Workings

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alpine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Collier
    Home office P.O. Box 521 Draper Utah 84020

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, S.S., AND L.L. PATTEN, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., AND M.D. CRITLENDEN, 1961, GEOLGOIC MAP OF THE TIMPANOGOS CAVE QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-132.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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