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Blue Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Rhodium
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041988
MRDS ID M058105
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.00549, 40.53828 (WGS84)
Elevation 2786
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 5,600 FT N63E OF HILL 9350. 73 MI EAST OF SALT LAKE CITY, Accurate Within Mineralized Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soapstone Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 008E 23,25,26 SE4 OF SE4 OF SW4 (23) OF E4 (26) OF SW4 (25) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IN UINTA NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION IS ARBITRARY POINT WITHIN MINERALIZED AREA INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Rhodium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA ON BASE METALS NOT AVAILABLE BUT THEY ARE MENTIONED IN ASSAY REPORT AS MASKING SOME OF THE PGE LINES

Analytical data

Result SHALE SAMPLES AVERAGE 8 OZ/TON AU (270 PPM)
Result 18.4 OZ/TON AG (630 PPM)
Result 8.2 OZ/TON RH (280 PPM)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Manning Canyon Shale
    Rock description Manning Canyon Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.00549, 40.53828
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Landslides And Slumps

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35W
    Dip 9SW
    Thickness 140.21M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HUMBUG FORMATION UNDERLIES MANNING CANYON SHALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Soapstone Basin Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dale Shreeve

Comments on the workings information

  • SAMPLING ONLY, NO WORKINGS OTHER THAN 4 SHALLOW PITS WHERE SAMPLING TOOK PLACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1972, BLUE HILL MINING CLAIMS, WASATCH COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 70, 8 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL OF FORMATION IS CLAIMED AS ORE. DOELLING SAW NO INDICATION OF ORE DURING SITE VISIT; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: PGE-ENRICHED BLACK SHALE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
Updater 01-OCT-93 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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