Hot Stuff Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021072
MRDS ID DC14835
Record type Site
Current site name Hot Stuff Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17023, 40.01773 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 9100 FT. NE OF BOULTER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulter Peak(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 003W 22 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF NW SW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Moderately To Weakly Silicified

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17023, 40.01773

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description On W. Flank Of Small Anticline. Beds Trend North And Dip Gently West. A Fault 35 Ft. East Of The Mine Trends N75e, Dips Vertically With 25 Ft. Of Down Drop.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard S. Johnson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.003HA
    Length 365.76M
    Overall length 7.32M
    Overall width 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVEN SMALL ADITS AND TWO SMALL PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    FOSTER, J.M., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE BISMARK PEAK AREA: M.S. THESIS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV.

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14

  • Production

    DISBROW, A.E., 1961, GEOL. OF THE BOULTER PEAK QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-141.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF TWELVE PATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references