Mc Cormick Adit

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096489
MRDS ID W026956
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Cormick Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.24986, 38.52888 (WGS84)
Elevation 3170
Relative position APPROX. 1.35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MT. WAAS, 1.75 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANNS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Waas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal 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 Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 024E 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SEC. 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.24986, 38.52888

Economic information

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 Northern La Sal Mtns, Miners Basin

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE IS NO RESERVE INFORMATION AS THE MINE COULDN'T BE INSPECTED AS IT WAS CAVED AT THE PORTAL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF 1 ADIT WITH SOME CROSS CUTTING. THE PORTAL IS CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON HUNT, CHARLES B.; PRO. PAPER 294-I

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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