Troy Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Beryllium, 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021184
MRDS ID DC15168
Record type Site
Current site name Troy Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sam K No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.79251, 40.12743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1667
Relative position 7600 FT S73E FROM LUCKY DAY KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 017W 17 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ON PRINCIPAL WORKING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.79251, 40.12743

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip 55NW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL INCLINED AND VERTICAL SHAFTS, ALSO CUTS AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP OF FISSURE AT PRINCIPAL WORKING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1985 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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