Spring Hill Lode Claim

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10012639
MRDS ID D008387
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Hill Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8439, 40.14493 (WGS84)
Elevation 1774
Relative position IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE SPRING IN THE SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 11, T8S, R18W.

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 008S 018W 11 SW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Manning Canyon Formation
    Rock description Manning Canyon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8439, 40.14493

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest-Striking Fault; The Same Fault That Is Barite-Mineralized At Ochre Springs.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sharon Steel Corp.
    Home office Miami, Fl.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY REMAINING WORKING 260 FT S42E OF THE SPRING. AN ADIT, PRECEDED BY A 40 FT OPENCUT, TRENDS N16W FOR 15 FT IN BRECCIATED, IRON OXIDE-STAINED QTZITE. THREE OPEN CUTS AND A SHORT ADIT WERE CAVED BY THE SPRING DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ONLY SURFACE INDICATION OF MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF SCATTERED BARITE ON THE DUMPS OF SOME DESTROYED WORKINGS AT THE SPRING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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