Rotary Park Prospects

Occurrence in Salt Lake 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095602
MRDS ID M058075
Record type Site
Current site name Rotary Park Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.80385, 40.82716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position 7,950 FT S 47 W OF BURRO PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Douglas(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 001N 001E 11 SW OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE LEAD, SILVER AND GOLD IN IRON FILLED VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.80385, 40.82716

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

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 Hot Springs (Adams) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 179.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER ADIT ABOUT 400 FT LONG, NEXT LOWER ADIT APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. LONG, NEXT LOWER ADIT ABOUT 20 FT LONG AND LOWEST ADIT IS ABOUT 20 FT LONG, ALL ARE COLLAPSED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 227.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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