Unknown Prospects

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10101698
MRDS ID D007479
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospects
Alternate or previous names Queen of the West, Trotter Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94385, 39.87078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 1/4 MI. W. OF CROOKED CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Jack Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 001W 09 CENTER Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitic Alteration

Analytical data

Result 1946: AVG. 5 TO 10% MN, 40 TO 50% FE 5 TO 10% SI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt Flows
    Rock description Basalt Flows
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Teutonic Limestone;Ophir Formation;Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Teutonic Limestone;Ophir Formation;Tintic Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94385, 39.87078

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Transition Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting, Thrusting And Local Unconformities

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N-S
    Dip 20 DEG E
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elberta Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.14M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS ALL WITH SIMILAR DIMENSIONS AS MENTIONED ABOVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEP. OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 48

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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