Golden Relief Claims

The Golden Relief Claims is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,600 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

Name: Golden Relief Claims  

State:  Utah

County:  Utah

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold

Lat, Long: 39.98389, -111.74611

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Golden Relief Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Golden Relief Claims


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Santaquin District


Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: B. Vern Bullock


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: 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

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SHORT ADITS


References

Reference (Deposit): DEMARS, L.C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MOUNTAIN, SOUTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VO. 3, NO. 2.

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CONTROL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.


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