The Yosemite Prospect is a lead, zinc, copper, and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.515, -112.11306
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Yosemite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yosemite Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Co.
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Folds And Faults.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BUTTERFIELD FORMATION IS INTRUDED BY SILLS, DIKES AND SMALL PLUTONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES VERY CLOSE TO A FAULT. THE SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE IS INTRUDED BY TERTIARY INTRUSIVES. MINERALIZED ZONE IS LOCATED IN DEFORMED AND ALTERED WALLROCKS.
Comment (Workings): SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY TO BLACK AND CHERTY. SHALES ARE INTERCALATED WITH GREENISH GRAY QUARTZITES. VOLCANIC BRECCIA CONSISTS OF ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED LITHIC GRAGMENTS EMBEDDED IN A DENSE APHANITIC MATRIX
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY E. R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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