| Deposit ID | 10021201 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15188 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Brown Rock Prospects |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Hill Barite-Limonite, Prospects |
| Related records | 10155337 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.85391, 40.13215 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1932 |
| Relative position | 5300 FEET SOUTH OF OCHRE SPRINGS |
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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 018W | 10,14,15 | SE OF SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Goethite | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| Rock description | Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| (1) | -113.85391, 40.13215 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northwest-Striking Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | NE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 71.63M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15188 |
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177.
BULLOCK, K.C., 1970, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL 88. P. 75
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IRON OXIDES AND BARITE ARE ABUNDANT IN NORTH TO NORTHWEST-STRIKING FAULT ZONES MARKED BY PROMINENT JASPEROID ZONES CROPPING-OUT FOR THOUSANDS OF FEET. BARITE REPL. ZONES ARE ALSO COMMON IN THE AREAS BETWEEN THESE FAULTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1991 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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