| Deposit ID | 10012758 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008631 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lake Point Quarry |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.24302, 40.7105 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Relative position | .75 MILES N 0 W OF LAKE POINT PEAK |
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)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 001S | 004W | 25 | NW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Realgar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -112.24302, 40.7105 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Orogenic Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults And Folds |
| Strike | N60E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 25NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Lake Point Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Minerals Corp. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.219HA |
| Overall length | 152.4M |
| Overall width | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008631 |
BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER III, 672 P.
GILLULY, J., 1935, MINOR COPPER PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN UTAH: COPPER RES. OF THE WORKD: 16TH INTER. GEOL. CONG., P. 369
STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH:? WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.
TOOKER, E.W., AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1961, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE NORTH END OF THE OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN: UT. GEOL. SOC GUIDEBOOK NO. 16, P. 17-35.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZED ZONE IS LOCATED ALON 'BLACK ROCK FAULT ZONE'. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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