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St. Patrick Prospect

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088678
MRDS ID M058093
Record type Site
Current site name St. Patrick Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78662, 40.63966 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7,500 FT S 35 W OF MT. OLYMPUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugar House(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(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 Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 001E 13 SW OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 50 CENTS TO 1 DOLLAR PER TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Big Cottonwood
    Rock description Big Cottonwood

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78662, 40.63966
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Faults

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 Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. Patrick Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 82.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN UPPER AND LOWER TUNNEL, UPPER WAS 70 FT. LONG WITH AN INCLINE OF UNKNOWN LENGTH, LOWER WAS 200 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE SUGAR HOUSE QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-380.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 50.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR 200 TO 500 FT IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION, MINERALIZATION OCCURRED BETWEEN A QUARTZITE HANGING WALL AND A BLACK SLATE FOOTWALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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