| Deposit ID | 10203382 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M057562 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490350006 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | South Hecla Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | South Columbus Mine, Alta-Hecla Claims, Alta-Quincy Tunnel, Columbus-Wedge, Sells Claims, Ivanhoe |
| Related records | 10041787 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.63658, 40.58744 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2607 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(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)
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 | 003 S | 003 E | 05 | SESENW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bismuth | Unknown |
| Bismuthinite | Unknown |
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Enargite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Garnet | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Plumbojarosite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Scheelite | Unknown |
| Smithsonite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Tetrahedrite | Unknown |
| Wollastonite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -111.63658, 40.58744 |
|---|
| Thickness | 50M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 800M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 250M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 100HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Little Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 10675M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 92M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490350006 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M057562 | MAS references MRDS |
CALKINS, F.L., AND B.S. BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI
HE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREAS UTAH: USGS PRO. PAPER 201,
125-128, PLATE 44
BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PRO. PAPE
P. 276, 282
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE RESERVES BASED ON PRO. PAPER 201 SILVER ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA ADDITIONAL MINERAL FROM A-8, AIKINITE, CLASS 03 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 28-MAR-84 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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