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Chimney Rock Pass Prospects

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012792
MRDS ID D008724
Record type Site
Current site name Chimney Rock Pass Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04135, 40.05467 (WGS84)
Elevation 1649
Relative position 4100 FT. S 44 E OF CHIMNEY ROCK PASS

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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002W 03 SE OF SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Madison Ls. Equivalents;Colluvium
    Rock description Madison Ls. Equivalents;Colluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04135, 40.05467
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.081HA
    Length 51.82M
    Overall length 112.47M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • SE WORKING IS AN ADIT TRENDING S 52 W, PORTALLED IN COLLUVIUM, PASSING THROUGH TUFF INTO LIMESTONE AT 45 FT AND ENDING AT 135 FT PROSPECT NEAR SHAFT IS ACTUALLY 75 FT BY 20 FT. ROAD AT WEST CENTRAL PROSPECT IS A 10 FT. OLIAMETER PIT IN COLLUVIUM NW CENTRAL PROSPECT IS A 8 FT. DIAMETER PIT IN COLLUVIUM NORTH PROSPECT IS A CLUSTER OF SMALL PITS IN COLLUVIUM COVERING A TOTAL AREA OF 42 YD BY 20 YD

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SLIGHT IRON AND CALCITE REPLACEMENT ALONG BEDDING PLANES NEAR END OF ADIT

Reporter information

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

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