The Austin Prospect is a lead and copper mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 9,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,301 Feet (2,835 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.53389, -111.65861
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Austin Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Austin Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Silver Lake District
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Type: R
Description: On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A DUMP SAMPLE FROM THE LOWER ADIT CONTAINS: TRACE CU, MO, 0.04% PB, DUMP SAMPLE FROM THE UPPER ADIT: 22% CU, .01% PB, TRACE MO
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Workings): 700 FT OF WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): THE LOWER WORKING IS IN PURPLISH QUARTZITE, THE UPPER WORKING IS IN RUSTY QUARTZITE, BOTH OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD FM.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA. UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491, P. 93.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S., AND PATTON, L.L., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 75-382, PG 176.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 284.
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