Show EO E OJ 0 lit r I 1 1 AL A bu GOLD rj BELT A B fy Y j P IBBS E S i T A ti ii 1 1 i iv A margate ate 1 1 ia t i barring oni plo conditions i irv it L br the 1111 11 ni 0 east and osacr antu tile llie ii UH tance ct froin to 1 lour hauey 44 taw logy or of the A ingv divi tl 1 vision soll ila As baidy aly iut read it 1 is cl clu earls evident nt alint at 61 oine del ath ieli the entire ian j s with a brok biohn eit and faulted or it 11 ho and A that thai it atuf may Y I 1 he murieil mUi eil otho W 1111 1 a A small mca area tu to the north ut thu the coill RUU canyon ician presents a corne lie tony evidence evid enco tile oberly ink I inn e ton e con tallis fossils credi credited jed tu ail curlier arlier aye age than title 1 devonian iia i pre sonee ii ih in an et ci igina and cannot be at this time the ill of evidence e Is ithac the arul area now ity w die mt alt baldy range iad a ud uyi its northern prolongation the galivan between millard and sevlar evler coun countice counti cb wt ir under I 1 ho he ocean during the Devon Devo liftin age perhaps thousands of teet feet ot of sandstone sands tono was dapos cited the succeeding 0 lower carboniferous period covered the sandstone with a thick bed or of littlestone little stone at the close of the a gentle upward movement increment occurred and the area under discussion rose above the surface of oe the ocean where it remained during h the enormous lapse of time that intervened between the closing centuries of arthe lower carboniferous and wall along tto towards wards the close of the Tertia ray age when andl an almost worldwide world wide change of level occurred along the east cast side of and parallel with what is now known as the mt baldy range and its northern prolongation the ran range rane e the earths crust was fissured from 11 the surface down to the re region conof of molten rock the fissuring was succeeded by faulting and an idea of the tremendous displacement may be formed from the statement that nr deer trail peak the highest ole elevation of quartzite is fully feet higher than the valley while the eastern section of the f quartzite Is buried beneath hundreds of at feet of basalt and other eruptive material the displacement extended noTt northerly herly a distance of nearly miles in sevier valley the sandstone so conspicuous along the east f side aide of the mountains is ou on the t 1 east side of the valley buried under hundreds perhaps trpo thousands apt fos ar facun A ilion hil chiy niell lri known ii ats tho 83 evier fault lit in the vici vicinity atty 10 ct way s zulu a I 1 veat lla etire on iho oa ea t 1 a ra t I 1 C led the se VIL 1 fahdt and a nd ja is ilow v marked by i 1 t of t foothills mid and a must havi iliavi a long Ion t period afan compain tive I 1 C adlong the mt alt haldy baldy gaii 0 e ube r tf t 1 f which ax bouno in the mil jure of i olcan bombs tind and debris deb as in abrill if twilite nillion s a lateral tault extending westerly ficici the seier fi tUIL thy the apex ct f the divitto between two alue I 1 and ancl 11 bullion Is ia qa quaite and is tully fully 10 lo lawlin lingher lil lier gher t tha than 1 tho the quartz ate to jhc thc curili 1 a ol of lion catok another At iother area of stupendous pl acenie tit exists edib ts alons ahe cottonwood CoU onwood ta f fallt where deai trall trail paak pac fic rises fulty t feat above the quart id ate to on oil the rido didgo rid o to the south of cotton wood the topographical topo graphical raph ical and cross cros maps to which the readers attention is invited will serve erve to illustrate the profound northerly rind and southerly faulting of the basic formation ion nation of the mt baldy ranse range the teach hl tat geology prove that the fP wry f S 01 e vp 0 la V NI h iov arl i si 0 C t r r tl c aquart zite dr y A MV A f f bif r fc aia ii T ip af 1 NN l w 10 r f IS y SO a 4 vve tm V f W ji ar M x vw ai ito i H it 1 lv V tit T ia jf r gB SS gp M f iria r ax y 1 i 1 W I 1 1 tj 4 ik lr I 1 1 N v n N f rc te aiu gl 2 ali rl I 1 i ar ti r 3 1 4 I 1 A 5 cs ff t t t t il 1 X t f ff tr 5 P ay 1 3 j ft tm m tio A K cot a 81 9 ra av i ur u r ltv zi P F lit rull I 1 V I 1 U av iff 1 5 D sa 0 V s1 V g J S jv 1 l 13 ig A gsg 2 P ri 6 y hii 1 W 1 4 av oil al 41 ji 1 t a at 49 ki 7 WI W ca fit a a OR y R sh sitf Sf tf W y A 4 2 01 AZZ 10 llull L W i rC x d 1 AW 1 i i www ww v ri VIA at V JI nt T B ta r vl BELT marev dynamical dynamic dl history of the region to the west and sout southwest hwesi of marysvale Marys vale is as follows A large area occupied by sandstone with a limestone capping because of the shrinkage of the earths molten interior or because of the accumulation of gases seeking g lines of easements easement the crust was fissure fiss ld and broken into enormous fragments or blocks some of the great masses maintained their position but the larger portion settled down into the yielding mass of underlying digneo igneous its matter from those yawning fissures normous nor mour masses of and birdseye birds eye porphyry oozed up mp from ithe th earths melted interior and formed mountain masses thousands of feet deep again the unstable crust quivered with intense sel seismic forces the old ani and but partially healed wounds were opened and new fissures formed in the overlying eruptive mass and great dykes altes of highly mineralized erali zed porphyry now mark the location and direction of many of those ancient rents through the weight of the superimposed super suder imposed mass of eruptive material the associated het fand of jirou tron yo 11 underlying ll n d e kanj atone wa hanciel 1 i I 1 to the now farni liar theatt th eitt erhun aai I 1 ie yera iric clitie where the sand cne es ii caved those agencies and ai d retains its ol 01 0 time aind inae atily into quartzite as it j t inu inus s iho tor marons maU ons alie brief of if oubri ou lri which ime ded tile the i was va bic 1 liy another t or the range rang and along the cot itral portion po pov tion extending from gold mountain south ca a nisi fit j sowe ton tan miles e a groat great fissure wa va i formeca arom J born the sur x ife down to 10 the legion ti tre thi mighty force which split the northern noY thern portion A ot 1 I the die mt billly Bt llly rang discini med latoral fissures extend hig lafit ua sarly orly au aarl westerly ve sterly froin the great reat cen cantrill trill rent tarse bosc assures lines of easa ment thi vast naas ilass ot ol mag my ma bebin egress and trem from molten depths the shot hot flowed ui vird aal formed great dyles dykes of cf phol phonolite lolite which to lay day Mi cheerily c eerily clinks clinics under the teut feut of rii r ii occasional prospector while the erupt eruption enit tion ian of the marls marina the last throes of nature in the aft alt baldy region local fl asui ing of the pho noUte ite occur reil and jil in comiel connection tian with other fissures already formed for nied became channels cb banels for foi the up wai vard antl integral flow of gold anil and silv silver bearing so luti extinct dr craters aters fields of dark calorel ti tra a chite ridges of volcanic broccola brec broc citi cila dyles and chimneys chim neya of obsidian jn in the phonolite pi prove ove that local joceil volcanic iole anic forces yvere vere cou con over a long period after the wido wide 81 Kid CAd eruptive activity had ceased the apa readers der s attention is w now direct eyl i particularly t to 0 the topographical aliel cross section action maps while we investigate the results of forces jusic auf described to avoid the great porphyry dykes effly have been mapped and the veins along alo the trend of those dykes are prominently drawn the crass cros section s shows the doer deer trail mine occupying a blanket contact which alias to the ab nb north rth at about eight or ton ten degrees and is hidden by overlying debris in 1 that hat locality tho owners have blocked about tons of ore having an average value of ten or twelve dollars por ton about 00 feet distant to the south many carloads so of f ore were shipped and which netted the owners several sey deml hundred dollars per ton in lead silver and android gold it Is believed disbelieved that the contact derived its filling by solutions from the north where eruption rock is in egild evi evidente denoe ence and probably associated with a lateral fault the high grade ore to the south doubtless owed its origin to a secondary movement of solutions which passed through the large body of ore leached beached it and transferred transfers ad the concentrates to the higher portion of the contact higher up on the deer trail escarpment is situated the lucky boy that years age yielded alarae quantity of high grade mercurial cu rial ore the i origin of which is an unsolved problem still higher ow on tho the mountain side is situated the once famous pluto like tm the lucky luchy boy it proved to tobo be a surface deposit in limestone tho the ore was almost pure su vor vcr and with no visible reason for its presence in a locality where conditions are am seemingly so unfavorable tiie bie first great porphyry dyke that daf traverses almost the entire district occurs about three thre emiles nilles west from the mouth of if cottonwood canyon and occupies the great northerly and naiad sont southerly herly fault line along this dykers dy kels situated the nelson a vein of gold bearing quartz that projects above the ground like i a great wall the branch vein is strong and its permanency mati ency has been proven it yields silver ana gald the standard is a monster ledge and yields lead silver and gold almost excle birely in sulphide conditions anthe on the north end of the fidyke js situated the copper bolt to the west of the crystal mine and trending northerly is a great dyke of porphyry that after traversing the maryeva le section bends northwesterly into the gold mountain district along this dyke is sit uati akst pd t ke G Q aa rj 4 g gy r qu p ja ia vp g c 4 ore and row has ei exposed sei a 15 foot eveln that ahat averages 7 pan 20 per ton T ane i i e property blint ly by iwo people abul douht to develop into a bonatis lionar bona iw tim down domn on hie Tin leolon Dion ernel side id alie if forms the bang Imn sins illg w aul wul ofa of ahe Wp hyter ter n moi in omster ister vein arili gnet huntr c at if ind and ead vany gold g 1 and tho edans et ans orno joer et iati apt rpt 11 or of iiii taw baryon ra pyon and is od d r h an and d c arther he orli ti V that daimi t B to ato I 1 in is i 1 ainola I 1 hirsty it I 1 14 vb nv alm ilm d t tl t ablie riling atia ii ihly ortia kilrow 11 the ac tinn nf if i the i fc faU fwicks nto A P 1 1 I rill OF h M 11 Rhon olit 10 apo aph sect ort of FC L rt zu r loo w 00 41 Y 01 silver space will not permit of any description ot of the hoise and other fine properties along 0 the great webster dylie dyke another ni monster onster dyke cuts the country atrom the cast sile side of mt delano over into 1 ballion Bull jion canyon there is a aar large e ill number imler of fine properties on oil the dyke and contiguous to it A shurly of the maps will convince 1 anyone at all jar with tile the re reki lution tion between geological c conditions in and the occurrence orf ol veins and values that the country coti to ao the west of marysvale Marys vale presents pre one of me most inviting nelds tor foi intelli zent investment to be sound found in ill the united states GOLD MOUNTAIN DIVISION alighting Alish ting from the train at sevar station oon on the R G W R R the observant traveler to gold cold mountain will notice that the rugged and broken foothills are composed of salt material As one proceeds westward and enters clear creek canyon I 1 hp ho will note within a mile or so of gold mountain and to the stranger is a subject of jn tere t and study in some loc alUes tho basalt caps t abo laa ilaya te but in a general mya way y it merses merges so gradually into the onite tibt bolline no offee i de d e n tar kation is vi siUle lWe with tiie the rat Sc vier A faland faU and d amending ending th nef ramt aap earths crust was profound effly brol con or fi fl fis s along a tine aline now represented by cor cigar crek euion canyon eui on and intersected and crossed by the great fracture fra cUire which once extended from southwest of along the present pro sern apex of the range through zold gold 1 mountain and onward tho range those prIn principal princia cIp fissures including inci t I 1 k linni ceraulo me raulo parallel fissures were n gs for the upward flow of rhy rhyolite alite and kindred eruptive prior to the complete kofl emhe the rhyolite the clear creek fracture reopened and basaltic material was forced up tip through the Part partially lally congealed rhyolite te and which explains the blending of the line ot or contact de beginning annin a short distance north of the Z LZ z 7 taid Z 7 L ff 74 jv t W g 4 mp 7 A r s V ai A r ra al 1 AV V i a A A s i 1 l apfl AT fl il i l v yf t d t J 44 A r A ac 1 1 p v 4 vi 70 A 1 sa lul 1 rl A iv I j k v V y aar i i t A ST r ri y 4 tr f t 14 4 Y t v i itta it tv 5 tl t A r t lax ra 1 ij K r t y 5 tf s w y C afi tj r pa L i a v te q i wa J t A K ali 1 J i J r fe mt ivri p 1 i s aa AI r jf fe y HU wy te T 0 jt nv n V 49 C A fi Y q V A IC I C Y P va A I 1 j T 1 j V tt v r r A sf S S t toty wi 0 ll 11 OL top 0 R N RH I 1 C at i A pa e 7 an DIVISION of 4 i r W 11 d 01 KERA albedi T the fact that the gorge has been ploughed sloughed hed deep in a bed of basalt which as robinsons I 1 ranch is approached becomes more columnar in its structure the bed extends westerly from sevier station a distance of some fourteen miles iles where T wyoute becomes the country rock and forms the apex of the r range the earlier geological conditions of the ft mt baldy mineral belt are described in the nayale ra alg va yale le division of the subject and to W dqris annie laurie lauric see tobo topographical graphical 23 map 2 belt of birdseye porphyry y extends southerly erly a distance of i t mile or two and disappears under the more recent becent rocus to the bast jea stog 0 the annie laurie lauric an enormous bolt belt comes in fram mt bit belknap and forms the divide between kimberly berl v basin and the head of deer creek and is also so far as exposure is conce rend the east local boundary of the birdseye this peculiar porphyry with its dark me wl 1 m W fa specks and alts etea emens p wr i tho IT ali i jv 1 11 ia imal los U W la 12 ww Is A i su s u vein or kobis is tUff tn i ij on chiu at a dian 61 ul ufim uj im duif 1 r ler fair aj J I 1 a t bivy i witha 14 dastil distil i ta aku IW c V arleau ano i coq loly itty ali rim lykis nta nt a pa y ipos s t i lit 1 de tu to i he nth ole H e H I 1 I 1 1 I thu the dl divide ui alij dax wjk X of n I 1 iara arp j ot poow ies a nala sout uly or line f icho nt erler led w with ith ita ile L I 1 W edah wl in 1 a N 1111 u and other bonanza bo nanya ai alms ine are situ situated atod from alla all a tiptop tile the fox far oranges cli them th porphyry on in the surface at 1 num fivos ivon any to r 4 at liumis liU Mig ia boig polls lik leour i and leN vla e volcanic a aty more lit evi denoe this uret ind adl in towards grand ail c tho the nic finc pro properly petty c calip trapper alde folbe he ecology agy ogy odthe ol 01 the floodlit 7 15 lly a ge t wi jhc thc minos andes 1 as aa trill lows the altered Arac hyte chieh has acerios ae rios f qi to marota maro tp rateable rane able t ot artion action ot of foa lions atie tb fi innus milts so F fat x r as tc t have ryo apa with lap veina thick IK bruen been el lookin erod 0 to ho qt and P oy e fhe tr arv p e rs antl anti dir directly ertly north nf if mt ppl appl knap is a nt field of phonolite phon pho olits nolito nearly all of with arnn oxide ah ao aliby ps of laveral ant moat prom promising liling anro short tho the decomposed failing n aling pas gold in T billing nilling qu quantities f tn in a pre gre noral way the mont tain |