Detroit District

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Bismuth, Yttrium, Tin, Arsenic, Antimony, Lead, Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000412
MRDS ID DC13236
Record type District
Current site name Detroit District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84704, 39.66344 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trout Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Yttrium Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) Lake Bonneville deposits

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description THE DRUM MOUNTAINS FORMS A WESTWARD-DIPPING MONOCLINE. THESE ROCKS ARE CUT BY MANY EASTWARD AND NE TRENDING STEEPLY DIPPING NORMAL AND REVERSE FAULTS.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name DETROIT DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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