The Rocky Mouth Canyon Adit is a molybdenum, lead, and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,679 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: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.54333, -111.80111
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Rocky Mouth Canyon Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rocky Mouth Canyon Adit
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Rocky Mouth Canyon 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
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
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: .004% CU, .002% MO, .07% PB, CHIP SAMPLE 15 FT INSIDE PORTAL
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): PORTAL BLOCKED BY WELDED GRATE IN 1982 BY UTAH DEPARTMENT OF OIL, GAS AND MINING
Comment (Deposit): PORPHYRITIC DIKE ALONG FAULT WITH GNEISS HANGING WALL AND QUARTZITE FOOTWALL
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: USGS BULL. 1491, P. 72, TABLE 8.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.
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