Yankee

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130326
MAS/MILS ID 0490490027
Record type Site
Current site name Yankee
Alternate or previous names Live Yankee, Belorophan, Globe

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.63218, 40.54324 (WGS84)
Elevation 2736
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(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

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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003 S 003 E 20 NWSWSE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Jamesonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.63218, 40.54324

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W
    Dip 50E
    Thickness 1M
    Length 320M
    Width 60M
    Area 30HA
    Depth to top 60M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N85W:50E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glen M.,Eudon E.,Duane E., Evelyn H. Wasden
    Interest 50
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mann, Albert And Thelma C.
    Interest 50
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1000M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Swell Factor .33
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 100
    Number of Adits 5
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    P.P. 201 COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH BY U.S.G.S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references