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Great Eastern Property

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087437
MRDS ID D007352
Record type Site
Current site name Great Eastern Property
Related records 10088977

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15665, 39.98577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 6900 FT ESW OF RAINBOW MINES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Range NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(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 010S 012W 02 SW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO PB OR AG MIN. VISIBLE-BUT ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE TARGET COMMODITY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Formation
    Rock description Madison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15665, 39.98577
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N65E
    Dip 78 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUBSURFACE BRINE

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW SHAFTS, INCLINE, AND A SMALL OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERLIES MUCH OF QUADRANGLE, SEVERAL HORIZONS OF BRINE ARE EXPECTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Eads, James P. Bureau of Land Management

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

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