The Superior Prospects is a zinc mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 8,442 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,442 Feet (2,573 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.5925, -111.49611
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Superior Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Superior Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Wasatch
District: Park City 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
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Arch
Type: L
Description: Dutch Hollow Thrust, Local Normal Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granodiorite Is Partially Altered; Carbonate Is Locally Marmorized
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS TO MAIN ADIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Development): WAS OWNED BY THE WABASH MINING CO. IN 1901, CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS: CLARA NO. 2, FREDERICK, STARMONT, HELEN JESSIC, WIZARD, WIZARD NO. 2, SUPERIOR
Comment (Workings): AT LEAST 20 WORKINGS, TOTALING ABOUT 600 YARDS OF SHALLOW BULLDOZER TRENCHES, NUMEROUS SMALL PITS, 1 100 FT. INCLINE, 5 ADITS TOTALING ABOUT 4450 FEET, AND ONE SHAFT WITH ABOUT 300 FEET OF WORKINGS. TRENCHES SEEN QUITE RECENT. MAIN WORKING IS ADIT X WHICH IS NOW COLLAPSED BUT WHICH MAY HAVE HAD UP TO 3000 FEET OF WORKINGS. SHAFT V MAY HAVE HAD APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET OF WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS SEEM TO EXPLORE FORMATION CONTACTS
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, P. 228.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-864.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1901, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW: VOL 22, SEPT. 15, 1901, P. 22.
Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1901, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW: VOL. 3, NOV. 30, 1901, P. 25.
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