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Brownstone Adit

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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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. 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 10094511
MRDS ID D008803
Record type Site
Current site name Brownstone Adit
Alternate or previous names Santaquin Central Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.74911, 39.97912 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 17,400 FT. N63W OF MAPLE LAKE, Within 3000 Ft. Radius, Within 3000 Ft. Radius

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 010S 002E 06 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.74911, 39.97912
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein Following 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 National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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