Wanlass Hill West Prospects

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Calcium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012790
MRDS ID D008720
Record type Site
Current site name Wanlass Hill West Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03135, 40.07162 (WGS84)
Elevation 1593
Relative position 2200 FT. S 24 W OF WANLASS HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens Ranch(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 002W 35 NW OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO MAJOR WORKING IN GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Victoria
    Rock description Victoria
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03135, 40.07162

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 66 E
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.05HA
    Overall length 60M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH PROSPECT IS OPENCUT 20 YD BY 27 YD BY 1 FT DEEP IN ALLUVIUM; CENTRAL PROSPECT IS OPEN CUT, 25 FT BY 10 FT BY 12 FT DEEP, ON 14 INCH ARAGONITE VEIN; SOUTH PROSPECT IS OPEN CUT 20 YD BY 27 YD BY 1 FT. DEEP IN ALLUVIUM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ALLENS RANCH QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP MF-45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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