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Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012263
MRDS ID D007805
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.91003, 40.86242 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position 10700 FT. NORTH OF TETZLAFF PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tetzlaff 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 001N 018W 04 N2 OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAY CONTAIN SILVER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Marble Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Laketown Dolomite
    Rock description Laketown Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.91003, 40.86242
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East-West Faults-Tetzlaff Peak Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR AND IRREGULAR
    Strike N 52 E
    Dip NW
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.46M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissures And Adjacent Breccia Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
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

Comments on the production information

  • TEST LOTS MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A FEW TONS OF VERY LOW GRADE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 67.06M
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SCATTERED PITS AND CUTS, MOST VERY SMALL IN ABOVE OUTLINED AREA; ONE ADIT, ONE INCLINED SHAFT AND ONE 30 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN FISSURES ALONG FAULTS, IRREGULAR BODIES ADJACENT TO FAULT IN BREECIA ZONES

Reporter information

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

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