| Deposit ID | 10012638 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008384 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unidentified Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.87085, 40.1616 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1817 |
| Relative position | 7600 FT N 43 W OF OCHRE SPRINGS |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 018W | 03,04 | SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ochre Mountain Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Ochre Mountain Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.87085, 40.1616 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ochre Mountain Thrust, Northwest Striking Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008384 |
MESSENGER, H. M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
NOLAN, T. B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T. B., PROF. PAPER 177, P1.2
1981 RECON UGMS, OPEN FILE REPORT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BARITE OCCURS AS BRECCIA FRAGMENTS, VOID-FILLINGS, AND VEINLETS IN AN IRON OXIDE AND SILICA-CEMENTED BRECCIATED INTERSECTION OF THE OCHRE MTN. THRUST AND PROBABLE NORTHWEST-STRIKING FAULTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Bureau of Land Management |
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