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Peepstone Canyon Prospects

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Barium-Barite
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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. 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 10012215
MRDS ID D007696
Record type Site
Current site name Peepstone Canyon Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.8161, 40.90743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1551
Relative position HEAD OF PEEPSTONE CANYON, 2 1/4 MILES WSW OF INDIAN KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craner Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 002N 009W 13,14 SW OF NW OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Nounan-St. Charles Formation
    Rock description Nounan-St. Charles Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.8161, 40.90743
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North-South Trending Mineralized Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lakeside Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall length 21.34M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • NINE WORKINGS TOTAL, ONE INCLINE SHAFT NOW COLLAPSED, THREE ADITS, TWO NOW COLLAPSED AND FIVE SMALL PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1964. GEOL. OF THE N. LAKESIDE MTNS. AND GRASSY MTNS. AND VICINITY: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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