The White Pine Moly Claims is a molybdenum and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,780 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,780 Feet (2,676 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.55444, -111.67972
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White Pine Moly Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Pine Moly Claims
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Bismuth
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little 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: Surface/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, Uinta Arch
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLE ADIT B: AG-1 PPM, AU-LESS THAN .02 PPM, CU-125 PPM, MO-2 PPM, PB-450 PPM, ZN-335 PPM.
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLE ADIT A: BI-.005 PERCENT, CU-.014 PERCENT, MO-.05 PERCENT, PB-.04 PERCENT, ZN-LESS THAN .1 PERCENT
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): STRIKE AND DIP AT ADIT A, MASSIVE QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT A IS A 50 FOOT BY 15 FOOT CUT; ADIT B IS A COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET LONG, PROSPECT C IS A 50 FOOT BY 10 FOOT TRENCH 2 FEET DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCE OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: USGS OFR 75-382, FIGURE 19, TABLE 8.
Reference (Deposit): BURANEK, A.M., 1944, THE MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS OF WHITE PINE CANYON: UGMS CIRC. 28.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, B.J., 1958, MINERALIZATION IN THE INTRUSIVE ROCKS IN LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON, UTAH: GSA BULL., V. 69, NO. 11, P. 1415-1430.
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.
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