The Mount Baldy Prospects is a copper mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 10,801 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 10,801 Feet (3,292 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.56694, -111.63694
Map: View on Google Maps
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Mount Baldy Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Baldy Prospects
Secondary: Dryburgh Claim Group
Secondary: Alta Merger Mines Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork District
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
Type: Surface/Underground
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
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch
Type: L
Description: On Thrust Sheet
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT A -THREE SHALLOW PITS, 450 SQ. FT. TOTAL AREA; PROSPECT B - PIT 20 FT. BY 10 FT. BY 6 FT. DEEP; SHAFT C - 20 FT. DEEP WITH 6 FT. BY 8 FT. COLLAR, PROSPECT D - PIT 15 FT. BY 8 FT. BY 6 FT. DEEP; PROSPECT E - 8 FT. DIAMETER PIT; PROSPECT F - 6 FT. DIAMETER PIT 3 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT A -THREE SHALLOW PITS IN IRON STAINED FUCOIDAL QUARTZITE, NO SIGNIFICANT MINERALIZATION NOTED; PROSPECT B - PIT IN IRON STAINED QUARTZITE WITH SPARSE MALACHITE; PROSPECT C - SHAFT FOLLOWING FAULT ZONE IN QUARTZITE (N 44E, 67 N W) 6 FT. WIDE ZONE; PROSPECT D - PIT IN LIMESTONE WITH IRON STAINING; PROSPECT E - PIT ON IRON STAINED JOINTING (N 88 W, 69 N); PROSPECT F - IRON STAINING IN LIMESTONE, NO SIGNIFICANT MINERALIZATION NOTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, 152 P.
The Top Ten Gold Producing States
These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.
