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Bald Mountain Sw Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042134
MRDS ID M058459
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Mountain Sw Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29969, 40.38744 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Relative position 8,950 FT S 65 W OF COMMADORE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 16 NE OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Calcium Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Marbleization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret
    Rock description Deseret

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.29969, 40.38744
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Near Axis Of Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • WEST ADIT IS 105 FT LONG, 12 FT. WIDE WITH 145 FEET OF SIDE DRIFTS; CENTRAL PROSPECT IS A 10 FT DIAMETER, 3 FT DEEP PIT; EAST ADIT IS 10 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO EAST WORKINGS FOLLOW BEDDING REPLACEMENT (N 11 E 42 W) CONSISTING OF 2 FT. OF PYROLUSITE WITH IRREGULAR 18 IN. CALCITE VEIN AND MARBLEIZATION; WEST WORKING FOLLOWS 3 IN. VEIN N 35 E, 78 SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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