| Deposit ID | 10087440 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007358 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Congar Hill Property |
| Alternate or previous names | Congar Hill #1-5 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.91751, 39.92771 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2530 |
| Relative position | NINE MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF IBAPAH IN ARTS CANYON. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goshute(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 018W | 30 | CENTER | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Metacinnabar | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Sphalerite | Gangue |
| Stibnite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| Rock unit name | Ibapah Stock | ||
| Rock description | Ibapah Stock | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Busby;Pioche;Prospect Mountain;Sevy |
| Rock description | Busby;Pioche;Prospect Mountain;Sevy |
| (1) | -113.91751, 39.92771 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Rocky Springs Thrust Fault Places Cambrian Units Over Devonian Thrust Strikes N60w & Dips 50-55 Sw |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60W |
| Dip | 53 SW |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Width | 0.61M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1930 |
| Discoverer | Dan Probert (Ibapah, Ut.) |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| District name | Willow Springs District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dan Probert |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.101HA |
| Length | 38.1M |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Overall length | 12.5M |
| Overall width | 10.67M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007358 |
THOMPSON, K.C., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. DISSERTATION (UNPUBLISHED).
EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, (N.D.), REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 117: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1977, MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN EMERGENCY WITHDRAWAL AREA: BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.
1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111
1966 GEO MAP UGMS BULL. 77 & 99
1977 RECON UGMS R.I. 117
1979 GEOC HEM DOE GJBX-8 (80)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS IN DOLOMITE BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED BARITE & CINNABAR. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1980 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1994 | Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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