Tucson Prospect

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  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 10012632
MRDS ID D008366
Record type Site
Current site name Tucson Prospect
Related records 10202749

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85779, 40.1941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position 4200 FT S30 DEG E OF WOODMAN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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 007S 018W 27 NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 1000 FT W OF USLM NO 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85779, 40.1941

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description N22w Minor Fault Intersecting The Right Lateral-Slip Fault East Of The Shaft

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N65-70w Right Lateral-Slip Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eugene Timm

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS: A 50-60 FT DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT ON THE PRINCIPAL, N65W, VERTICALLY DIPPING CU-MINERALIZED IRON OXIDE ZONE, AND ASSOCIATED SHORT ADITS AND PITS ON OTHER IRON OXIDE ZONES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014 P.27

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M.III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 177

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P1.

  • Production

    EVERETT F.D. 1961 TUMSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH, USBM INF. CIRCULAR 80M, PG. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PRINCIPAL MINERALIZED FISSURE IS A N65W FAULT EXPLORED BY A 50-60 FT DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT. THE ORE IS NEARLY COMPLETELY OXIDIZED, WITH THE EXECEPTION OF THE SCHEELITE THAT WAS MINED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.