| Deposit ID | 10046164 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M234153 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Uncle Sam Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.85363, 40.23382 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1859 |
| Relative position | 4600 FT. N35 DEG W OF DUTCH PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007S | 018W | 10 | SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Madison Limestone;Laketown Dolomite | ||
| Rock description | Madison Limestone;Laketown Dolomite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -113.85363, 40.23382 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Minor, Discontinuous Thrust Plates Cut By Normal Faults Parallel To The Tribune Gulch Fault. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 66.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M234153 |
MESSENGER H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S PROFESSIONAL PAPER 177, P. 166
PERRY, L.I., AND B.M. MCCARTHY, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 409
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 166
1976 RECON UGMS-OPEN FILE REPT. NO. 22
1980 MINEMAP UGMS-OPEN FILE
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 166
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES LOCALIZED BY BEDDING-PLANE FAULTS AND OTHER FRACTURES (JOINTS, FAULTS). |
| Deposit | ADDITIONAL WORKINGS ARE APPROX. 600 FT. SOUTHEAST OF THE SERIES OF ADITS AND NEARLY 160-180 FT. ABOVE THE PRINCIPAL, WORKING ADIT. A N83W-S83E, 50 FT. LONG DRIFT IS ENTERED BY A 16 FT. DEEP SHAFT ON ITS WEST END AND A 20 FT. DEEP INCLINED (45 DEGREES) SHAFT ON ITS EAST END. A N80W, 45 NE, 3-5 FT. WIDE ZONE CARRYING PLUMBOJAROSITE, HEMATITE, LIMONITE, AND BARITE WAS WORKED. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1987 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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