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Unknown Prospects

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Volcanic Materials, Clay
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012139
MRDS ID D007569
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.39108, 40.17577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1602
Relative position 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF FAUST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Faust(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 005W 27 SE OF SE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.39108, 40.17577
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET/TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lake Bottom

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Faust Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 TRENCHES-EACH OF 120 X 6; RUNNING IN E-W DIRECTION, WITH 60 FT SEPARATION; AND A SMALL PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    UT. DEPT. OF HWYS, 1966, MATERIALS INVENTORY: TOOELE CO

  • Production

    MOHAMMAD, H., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Mohammad, Hasan Bureau of Land Management

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