Peterson Prospect

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021226
MRDS ID DC15238
Record type Site
Current site name Peterson Prospect
Alternate or previous names Contact Claim Dugway Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2011, 39.98855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1.2 MILE W, SW OF RAINBOW MINE

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 04 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result USBM: ORE ANALYZED: 17.1% FLUORITE, 8.15% FE, 0.45% CALCITE, 3.82% CU, 1.6 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Rhyodacite Breccia & Tuffs
    Rock description Rhyodacite Breccia & Tuffs
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2011, 39.98855

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Kellys Hole Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N38W
    Dip 57SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer Dugway Copper Mining & Smelting Co.

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.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 25.91M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND AN ADIT. INCLINED SHAFT IS 200 FT DEEP, WITH A 40 FOOT DRIFT ON THE 100 LEVEL, AND A 30 FOOT DRIFT ON THE BOTTOM LEVEL. A 15 FOOT ADIT IS LOCATED NORTH OF THE SHAFT, ALONG A FAULT CONTACT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCC. IN UTAH, UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV. BULL. 110, PG 75

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLOURITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURV. BULL 110, P. 74

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, USGS PP 41

  • Production

    USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1948, 1949

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE IN FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZITE LIMESTONE. THICKNESS OF MINERALIZATION RANGES FROM 1 INCH TO 1 FOOT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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