| Deposit ID | 10012702 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008541 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Porphyry Hill Mine #1 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.22524, 40.34466 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2524 |
| Relative position | 1,200 FT. S.47W. FROM PORPHYRY HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mercur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 | 005S | 003W | 31 | E2 OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Mercury | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Orpiment | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Realgar | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Bird'S Eye Porphyry | ||||||
| Rock description | Bird'S Eye Porphyry | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation |
| Rock description | Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Mbr. Of The Great Blue Formation |
| (1) | -112.22524, 40.34466 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures And Fractures |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mercur District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.154HA |
| Overall length | 67.06M |
| Overall width | 24.38M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008541 |
BISSELL,H.J.,ET. AL.,1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.
GILLULY,J.,1932,GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.
BUTLER,B.S.,ET. A.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
SPURR,J.E.,1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2, 454P.
MOHAMMAD, H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZED ZONE IS LOCALIZED IN ALTERED WALLROCKS. THE ORE IS SOFT AND PULVERIZED, LIGHT YELLOWISH OR GREYISH IN COLOR. GOLD IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE ORES AND IS CONCENTRATED ONLY IN THE CARBON-RICH PORTIONS OF ALTERED ZONES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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