Kelly's Hole East Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021221
MRDS ID DC15229
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly's Hole East Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.18999, 39.98772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 3000 FT SW OF THE RAINBOW MINES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Range NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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 010S 012W 03 NE OF SW OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Ochre Mtn Limestone;Woodman Formation
    Rock description Ochre Mtn Limestone;Woodman Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.18999, 39.98772

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N45W
    Dip 65W
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Cannon
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT, NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER AND LEAD MINERALIZATION IN VEIN APPROX 4 FEET WIDE MINERALIZATION IS EVIDENT IN FRACTURES IN LIMESTONES ON BOTH SIDE OF THE VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Eads, James P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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