Snake Creek District

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000991
MRDS ID M057641
Record type District
Current site name Snake Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.57968, 40.57464 (WGS84)
Relative position THE DISTRICT IS 4 MILES WIDE, 6 MILES LONG; BOUNDED BY THE BIG COTTONWOOD ON THE NW, THE AMERICAN FORK DIST ON THE SW, AND THE PARK CITY ON THE EAST.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) INTENSE CONTACT METAMORPHISM ALONG IGNEOUS-SEDIMENTARY CONTACT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.57968, 40.57464

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name OVERTHRUST
Structure description GRIZZLY OVERTHRUST ON THE SLOPES OF SUNSET PEAK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name SNAKE CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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