The St. Patrick Prospect is a gold, copper, lead, and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,420 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
Elevation: 5,420 Feet (1,652 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.63972, -111.78583
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St. Patrick Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. Patrick Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: St. Patrick Mining 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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 50 CENTS TO 1 DOLLAR PER TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR 200 TO 500 FT IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION, MINERALIZATION OCCURRED BETWEEN A QUARTZITE HANGING WALL AND A BLACK SLATE FOOTWALL.
Comment (Workings): AN UPPER AND LOWER TUNNEL, UPPER WAS 70 FT. LONG WITH AN INCLINE OF UNKNOWN LENGTH, LOWER WAS 200 FT LONG.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE SUGAR HOUSE QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-380.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 50.
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