The Blue Jay Prospect is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,459 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,459 Feet (1,664 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.58694, -111.78944
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Blue Jay Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Jay Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Willow Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Consolidated Jefferson Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: OTHER, UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): PROBABLY WORKED AS UNIT WITH NEW STATE MINE; FOUR MEN WERE WORKING THE PROPERTY IN JUNE 1901
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Workings): WORKING CONSISTS OF A CAVED TUNNEL OF UNDETERMINED LENGTH AND ANOTHER MINOR WORKING
Comment (Geology): THE TUNNEL IS NEAR THE FAULTED WESTERN CONTACT OF A LARGE AMPHIBOLITE BODY
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 114, P. 46.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: MAP GQ-377.
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