Spring Tunnel Prospect

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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 10012759
MRDS ID D008635
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Tunnel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16886, 40.50327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2426
Relative position ABOUT 2,500 FT N 60 E FROM WEST MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bingham Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 003W 03 NE OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Flows
    Rock description Last Chance Stock;Volcanic Flows
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Upper Bingham Mine
    Rock description Upper Bingham Mine

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16886, 40.50327

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

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS ORE COMMON IN WALLROCKS. ORE MINERALS ARE VERY CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT; CAVED; INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRAY E R WILSON J C 1975 GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT; SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS

  • Deposit

    COOK D R 1961 GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRIST AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 145P

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B S ET. AL. 1920 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UGSG P.P. 111 672P.

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL J M 1905 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT UTAH: USGS P.P. 38 410P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES NEARBY A GROUP OF FAULTS. HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED. ORE ZONE IS LOCATED ALONG FISSURE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.