Unknown Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041938
MRDS ID M057989
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hopkins Junction

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.81945, 40.05965 (WGS84)
Elevation 1710
Relative position 2900 FT N 60 E OF BLOOD MOUNTAIN (HILL 6635)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 018W 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE SW OF NE UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81945, 40.05965

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 54 W
    Dip 42 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Limestone Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO 4 FOOT ADITS TRENDING S 45 W AND CUT 15 X 15 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177

  • Deposit

    THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTN., TOOELE AND JUAB CO.: UGMS BULL. 99

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 99

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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