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Unknown Quarry

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012157
MRDS ID D007609
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58998, 40.20216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onaqui Mountains South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(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 007S 007W 13 SW OF SW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitic, Hematitic, Limonitic & Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Oquirrh Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures, Fractures And Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Davis Knolls Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • ALSO CONSITE OF A PIT OF 100' X 50' AND A TRENCH OF 50' X 6'

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISHOP, C.E., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGICAL MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: COLLEGE OF MINES AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOSTROCK IS TRAVERSED BY CALCITE AND SILICA VEINS; HIGHLY FRACTURED, BRECCIATED AND ALTERED LIMESTONE WALLROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Bishop, Charles E. Bureau of Land Management

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