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Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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 10012222
MRDS ID D007711
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84307, 40.88881 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725
Relative position 2,800 FT. N59W OF LAMUS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graham Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(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)

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 002N 018W 25 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84307, 40.88881
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description West Limb Of The Campbell Peak Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Island District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHALLOW ADITS AND TWO PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHAEFFER, F.E., 1980. GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MTS.: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOC. GUIDEBOOK 15.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    TRIPP, B., 1980. UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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