The Webb Hollow Mine is a gold mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 6,781 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,781 Feet (2,067 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.56583, -111.28944
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Webb Hollow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Webb Hollow Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Wasatch
District: Lady Long - Big Pole Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): SLUICE BOXES CONSTRUCTED LATE 1970S
Comment (Location): 2 MILES SW OF PROVO RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): ADIT BLASTED AND INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Geology): CLAYSTONE UNDERLIES 6 FT. THICK LAYER OF SILICIFIED ROCK. CLAYSTONE EXPOSED IS 4 FT THICK, BUT ONLY UPPER 1 FT APPEARS MINERALIZED AND CONTAINS GOLD.
References
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON-SITE INSPECTION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, N.C. (ED), 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE WASATCH AND UINTA MOUNTAINS TRANSITION AREA, 13TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE: INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS
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