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Goshute Canyon Property

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Zinc, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012035
MRDS ID D007364
Record type Site
Current site name Goshute Canyon Property
Alternate or previous names Lower Goshute Canyon Properties

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82778, 39.91077 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 2 MILES WSW OF ROCK SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goshute Canyon(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 018W 36 SW OF NE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Specularite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes
    Rock description Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation (Host) Member C;Abercrombie Formation
    Rock description Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite;Goshute Canyon Formation (Host) Mbr. C;Abercrombie Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82778, 39.91077
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A N 10-15 E System Of Discontinuous Bifurcating Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Willow Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kibbee (V.P. 1st Security Bank)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS, THE LOWER ONE 80 FT LONG, MIDDLE ONE 90 FT LONG, AND THE UPPER ADIT IS 10 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.

  • Deposit

    BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI # 117

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS WITHDRAWAL AREA AS (WSA) BY BLM, 1979

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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