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Belcher Hill

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012027
MRDS ID D007342
Record type Site
Current site name Belcher Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19915, 39.97327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 2 MILES SW OF 4 METALS MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Range NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 012W 09 NE OF SW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite, Hematite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mtn. Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mtn. Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19915, 39.97327
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10E
    Dip 74 ESE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Cannon
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER LEVEL-TWO SHAFTS, 25 FEET APART, CONNECTED BY A CROSSCUT FOLLOWING VEIN. LOWER LEVEL DRIVEN IN BARREN QUARTZITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. & MIN. DEP. OF THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB CO., UT: USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    1969 GEOLMAP STAATZ AND CARR, 1964, USGS PP 41

  • Production

    EADS, J.P., 1981, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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