| Deposit ID | 10108837 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14137 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prince of Wales Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Alta Tunnel & Transportation Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.61634, 40.60438 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3048 |
| Relative position | JUST WEST OF THE HONEYCOMB CLIFFS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Brighton(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 002S | 003E | 33 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Result | ORES PRODUCED IN 1875 ASSAYED 135 OZ/TON AG, 35 % PB |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -111.61634, 40.60438 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Grizzly Overthrust And Two Other Obscure Overthrust Above And Below The Grizzly. Fissure (Ne, 60 - 65 N). |
| General form | CHIMNEY-LIKE |
|---|---|
| Dip | 45 NW |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Length | 365.76M |
| Width | 36.58M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Big Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14137 |
BUTLER,B.S. & LOUGHLIN,G.F., 1916, A RECON. OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK MINING REGION: USGS BULL. 620, P. 191.
JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 76-79.
USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-23; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1924-39
JAMES, 1979, P. 81
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SIZE OF DIFFERENT SHOOTS: PRINCE OF WALES SHOOT - 1200 X 120 X 4 FT, HIGHLAND CHIEF SHOOT - 800 X 75 X 3 FT, WELLINGTON SHOOT - 700 X 30 X 7 FT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1978 | Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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