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Silver No. 4 Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055170
MRDS ID RE00211
Record type Site
Current site name Silver No. 4 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.7322, 39.97383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position 20,000 FEET N 80 W OF CHERRY SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(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)

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 10S 8W 3 SW OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE OF GOSSAN FROM THE ADIT DUMP YIELDED THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS: <13 PPB AU, 38.1 PPM SB, 6700 PPM AS, <100 PPM BA, 20 PPM BR, <10 PPMCD, <12 PPM CE, 5 PPM CS, 97 PPM CR, 170 PPM CO, <2 PPM EU, <2 PPM HF, <100 PPB IR, 39.0% FE, 13 PPM LA, <0.5 PPM LU, 15 PPM MO, 450 PPM NI, 32 PPM RB, 30 PPB SM, 3.0 PPM SC, <10 PPM SE, >5 PPMAG, 0.18% NA, <1 PPM TA, <50 PPM TE, <1 PPM TB, 5.6 PPM TH, <200 PPM SN, <8 PPM W, 5.4 PPM U, 8 PPM YB, 600 PPM ZN, <500 PPM ZR, 8 PPM CU, 4 PPM PB.
Result A SAMPLE OF INTENSELY STAINED AND PARTLY SILICIFIED LIMESTOME FROM A NEARBY PROSPECT PIT YIELDED THE3 FOLLOWING ANALYSIS: <5 PPB AU, 7.4 PMM SB, 299 PPM AS, 230 PPM BA, <5 PPM BR, 40 PPM CD, <10 PPM CE, <1 PPM CS, <50 PPM CR, 12 PPM CO, <2 PPM EU, <2 PPM HF, <100 PPB IR, 1.3% FE, <5 PPM LA, <0.5 PPM LU, 5 PPM MO, <50 PPM NI, 19 PPM RB, 0.9 PPM SM, <0.5 PPM SC, 40 PPM SE, <5 PPM AG, <0.05% NA, <1 PPM TA, <20 PPM TE, <1 PPM TB, <0.5 PPM TH, <200 PPM SN, <2 PPM W, 1.3 PPM U, <5 PPM YB, <200 PPM ZN, <500 PPM ZR, <1 PPM CU, 5 PPM PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Juab And Wah Wah Limestone And Fillmore Formation, Undivided;Kanosh Shale;
    Rock description Juab And Wah Wah Limestone And Fillmore Formation, Undivided;Kanosh Shale;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.7322, 39.97383
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sheeprock Thrust Fault At Shallow Depth. Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Fault At N 35 W, 78 Sw With Normal Displacement

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 32 NE
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 32 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Lithologic Contact Seems To Control Distribution Of Gossan

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDING STRIKES N 45 W AND DIPS 32 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Erickson District District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Cons. Gold And Copper Mines

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT ADIT AND TWO PROSPECT PITS. ADIT IS 65 FEET LONG AND TRENDS S 83 E.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF E INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: PROVO, BRINGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND KOPF, R.W., 1985, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PART OF THE COYOTE SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M.,3, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A THIN <3 FEET THICK GOSSANOUS ZONE ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE KANESH SHALE (ABOVE) AND THE LOWER TO MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN LIMESTONE (BELOW). DOMINANT LITHOLOGIC CONTROLL.
Deposit UPDATED 87 08 BY SHUBAT, MICHAEL, A.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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