The Jones Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.65556, -111.80167
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Jones Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jones Gold Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood 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
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
Type: L
Description: Neffs Canyon Thrust
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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED PYRITE
Comment (Workings): ADIT SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH WITH TWO PARALLEL EAST-TRENDING BRANCHES. THE SOUTHERN BRANCH CONTAINS MORE EXTENSIVE WORKINGS AND ONE AREA OF MINOR STOPING.
Comment (Geology): ADIT MAY BE IN TINTIC QUARTZITE RATHER THAN MUTUAL FM.
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 50.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE SUGAR HOUSE QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-380
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