Gold Bond Prospect

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Boron-Borates
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 10021197
MRDS ID DC15184
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bond Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82278, 40.1341 (WGS84)
Elevation 1865
Relative position 1250 FT N77W OF 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018W 13 NE OF SW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Boron-Borates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Danburite Ore
Malachite Ore
Albite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Scapolite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result 2-4 PERCENT CU

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82278, 40.1341

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 25E
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures In Igneous Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MISSISSIPPIAN OCHRE MOUNTAIN LIMESTONE UNDERLIES THE EASTERN PART OF THE CLAIM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ONE SHIPMENT OF ORE MADE 1917-1918, BUT NO DATA IS AVAILABLE ON QUANTITY OR GRADE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 15X12X3 FT DEEP NORTH OF DECLINE. AT 70 FT. DOWN IS AN 8 FT CROSSCUT TO THE SOUTH. 1000 FT SW IS A 56-FT ADIT WITH 37 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND A 6 FT DEEP PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOLAN NOTES THE LARGEST VEIN IN THE TUNNEL STRIKES N50W AND DIPS 45 DEGREES SW. BULLOCK, P. 71, NOTES 4 VEINS ARE PRESENT ON PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1994 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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