Blue Jay Prospect

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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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Blue Jay Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

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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