| Deposit ID | 10021226 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15238 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Peterson Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Contact Claim Dugway Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.2011, 39.98855 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Relative position | 1.2 MILE W, SW OF RAINBOW MINE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 012W | 04 | SW OF NW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | USBM: ORE ANALYZED: 17.1% FLUORITE, 8.15% FE, 0.45% CALCITE, 3.82% CU, 1.6 OZ/TON AG. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Rhyodacite Breccia & Tuffs | ||||
| Rock description | Rhyodacite Breccia & Tuffs | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Prospect Mtn Quartzite;Madison Ls;Woodman Formation |
| Rock description | Prospect Mtn Quartzite;Madison Ls;Woodman Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | -113.2011, 39.98855 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Kellys Hole Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N38W |
| Dip | 57SW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| Discoverer | Dugway Copper Mining & Smelting Co. |
| District name | Dugway District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. F. Cannon |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, Ut. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 25.91M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15238 |
SRC.REF: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCC. IN UTAH, UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV. BULL. 110, PG 75
EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.
BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLOURITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURV. BULL 110, P. 74
1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, USGS PP 41
USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1948, 1949
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS ARE IN FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZITE LIMESTONE. THICKNESS OF MINERALIZATION RANGES FROM 1 INCH TO 1 FOOT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1993 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1980 | Everts, Mike L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.