Lake Point Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Iron, Arsenic
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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012757
MRDS ID D008630
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Point Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24469, 40.6905 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position .75 MILES S.10 W OF LAKE POINT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farnsworth Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 004W 36 SE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Realgar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24469, 40.6905

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Orogenic Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Folds

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 25 N E

Comments on the ore body information

  • ORE_FORM = LINEAR; TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured And Sheared Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED; VEINS OF SILICA AND CALCITE ARE COMMON; THICKNESS OF ALTERATION ZONE IS ABOUT 20 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake Point Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.219HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT, INCLINED 20 DEG., COLLAPSED AND INACCESSIBLE; OPEN PIT ALONG A STREAM CHANNEL; VARIOUS SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF . PAPER III, 672 P.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1935, MINOR COPPER- PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN UTAH: COPPER RES. OF THE WORLD: 16TH INTER. GEOL. CONG., P. 369

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, S.F., 1905, AN INTRODUCTION ON GENERAL GEOLOGY: USGS PROF. PAPER 38, P. 19-28

  • Deposit

    STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN FLANK OF KESSLER ANTICLINE NEAR LAKE POINT THRUST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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