Hayes Mine

The Hayes Mine is a gold, copper, and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,799 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: Hayes Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Copper, Lead

Lat, Long: 40.67222, -111.69083

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Hayes Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hayes Mine
Secondary: Baker Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Mill Creek Canyon 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: Past Producer
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

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: N. Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift

Type: L
Description: Mt. Raymond Thrust


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Commodity): YIELDED SOME RICH GOLD ORE CONTAINING COPPER IN 1904 (CALKINS AND BUTLER, P. 77) ALSO A LEAD PRODUCER

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, APPROXIMATELY 400 FT. OF WORKINGS


References

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE CO UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURV. BULL. 114.

Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR, 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT AIRE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: U.S. GEOL SURVEY MAP GQ-379

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND B.S. BUTLER 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN (ORIC AREA UTAH: U.S. GEOL. SUURY. PROF PAPER 201

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH; U.S. GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111


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