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Lower Bells Canyon Workings

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095607
MRDS ID M058290
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Bells Canyon Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7869, 40.56855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1,900 FT S 28 E OF GRANITE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draper(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

Lone Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 003S 001E 12 NE OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result NORTH ADIT DUMP SAMPLE (IN PERCENT): BI-.02, CU-.002, MO-.002, PB-.01
Result SHAFT CHIP SAMPLE (IN PERCENTS): CU-.06, MO-.002, PB-.01
Result NORTH CENTRAL ADIT DUMP SAMPLE (IN PERCENTS): CU-.016, MO-.002, PB-.16
Result SOUTH CENTRAL ADIT DUMP SAMPLE (IN PERCENTS): CU-.003.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    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) -111.7869, 40.56855
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Arch, Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Thrust 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 Little Cottonwood Canyon Mouth Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SOUTH ADIT IS 500 FT. LONG, DRIVEN IN BARREN QUARTZ MONZONITE; SHAFT IS 12 FEET DEEP WITH A 40 FT. DRIFT, NORTH AND NORTH CENTRAL ADITS ARE CAVED, SOUTH CENTRAL ADIT IS OPEN BUT OF UNDETERMINED LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491, P. 65, TABLE 8.7

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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