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Silver No. 8 Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055189
MRDS ID RE00254
Record type Site
Current site name Silver No. 8 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.73942, 39.9755 (WGS84)
Elevation 1993
Relative position 21,800 FT 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 NE OF NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.73942, 39.9755
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 63 W
    Dip 27 NE
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 27 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 63 W, 27 Ne Bedding Planes

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 Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AT LEAST 230 FT. IN LENGTH (EST. , END OF ADIT NOT REACHED), DRIVEN N40 E TO INTERSECT 27 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT. THE INCLINED SHAFT AT LEAST 50 FT. IN LENGTH AND IS DRIVEN DOWN THE DIP OF THE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UNMPATENTED MINING CLAIM FILO 202862, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M.,3, 1982, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRITE IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE; SILICIFICATION AND MINERALIZATION PARALLELS N 63 W, 27 NE BEDDING.

Reporter information

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

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