Grab-It-Here Claim

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012634
MRDS ID D008371
Record type Site
Current site name Grab-It-Here Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85474, 40.20132 (WGS84)
Elevation 1914
Relative position 3300 FT S 76 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 22 NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE U.S.G.S. 7.5 MINUTE GOLD HILL QUADRANGEL, UNDER THE "POOL" IN POOL CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85474, 40.20132

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone-Quartz Monzonite Contact; Pool Canyon Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO SUBPARALLEL OPENCUTS THAT JOIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORKING. THE CUTS ARE ON AND PARALLEL TO A N5W, 62SW FAULT AND A N20W, 6ISW FAULT, WEST TO EAST, RESPECTIVELY. OTHERS: PIT; 26FT., 33FT., AND 70FT. LONG ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE-GRAINED, SOOTY GALENA OCCURS IN THE SLIGHTLY SILICIFIED, BRECCIATED LIMESTONE IN THE AREA BETWEEN TWO SUBPARALLEL (N5W AND N20W) FAULTS IN A WORKING CONSISTING OF TWO OPENCUTS 16 AND 35 FT LONG PARALLELING THE FAULTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.