Sunshine Prospect #1

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Clay, Gold, Silver, Iron
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012720
MRDS ID D008563
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Prospect #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18636, 40.27355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position 1800 FT S 75 E OF SUNSHINE TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 28 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Halloysite Ore
Kaolinite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Realgar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Senicitization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18636, 40.27355

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds

Ore body information

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Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SHALES AND LIMESTONES ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES AND FRACTURES, ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS OF QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mercur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.005HA
    Overall length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE VERTICAL SHAFT; COLLAPSED; DEW SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC.8213.

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14,262P.

  • Deposit

    HYAFF, E.P., 1956, CLAYS OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. 55.

  • Deposit

    LARSEN, E.S., AND SHANNON, E.V., 1930, THE MINERALS OF THE PHOSPHATE NODULES FROM NEAR FAIRFIELD, UTAH: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 15, P. 307-337.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY SHALE IS GREENISH GRAY TO BLACK, PLASTIC, IRON-STAINED, AND SOMETIMES CARBONACEOUS AND DAOLIMITIC; LIMESTONES ARE SILICIFIED AND HAVE CALCITE VEINS. HOSTROCKS ORE VERY MUCH DEFORMED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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