Manning Canyon Prospect #2

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Silver, Mercury, 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012738
MRDS ID D008589
Record type Site
Current site name Manning Canyon Prospect #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18941, 40.31855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 5,600 FT S84E FROM MERCUR

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)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 09 NW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Mercury Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Limonite Ore
Orpiment Ore
Pyrite Ore
Realgar Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18941, 40.31855

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONES ARE DARK GREY TO BLACK, CHERTY, AND SILICIFIED. INTERCALATIONS OF SHALES ARE COMMON. HOST ROCKS ARE IMPREGNATED WITH VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mercur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.

  • Deposit

    BUTTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WALL ROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY TRACTURES AND FISSURES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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