Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10038156 |
| MRDS ID |
M045446 |
| MAS/MILS ID |
0560010239 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Utopia Mine |
| Alternate or previous names |
Utopia Tunnels |
| Included sites |
Centennial Ridge District |
Geographic coordinates
| Point of reference |
Main Entrance |
|
Geographic coordinates:
|
-106.15667, 41.28389 (WGS84)
|
| Elevation |
2560 |
| Location accuracy |
100(meters)
|
| Relative position |
APPROXIMATELY 1 MI SOUTHWEST OF CENTENNIAL, 1/4 mi. S of Centennial Mine. Adit on pl. 1 of McCallum, 1968. |
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Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
Wyoming |
Albany |
Public Land Survey System information
| Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
| 6th Principal |
015N |
078W |
04,09 |
N2 OF NE4 (09); S2 OF SE4 (04) |
Wyoming |
Comments on the location information
- ON SECTION LINE. IN MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Gold |
Primary |
| Silver |
Secondary |
| Copper |
Tertiary |
| Platinum |
Tertiary |
Comments on the commodity information
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Gold |
Ore |
| Pyrite |
Ore |
| Calcite |
Gangue |
| Chlorite |
Gangue |
| Dolomite |
Gangue |
| Epidote |
Gangue |
| Garnet |
Gangue |
| Quartz |
Gangue |
| Siderite |
Gangue |
Analytical data
| Result |
TR-56 PPM AG, TR-119 PPM AU (CONVERTED TO PPM FROM OZ/TON) |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Plutonic Rock
> Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
> Hornblendite |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Neoproterozoic |
| Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Neoproterozoic |
|
Geologic structures
| Type |
Description |
Terms |
| Regional |
Mullen Creek-Nash Fork Shear Zone |
|
| Local |
Flat Fault |
|
Ore body information
| General form |
DISSEMINATED IN SHEAR ZONES AND VEINS |
Controls for ore emplacement
Comments on the geologic information
- SMALL GOLD BODIES IN QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHISTS ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO GRANITE PEGMATITES
