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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087513
MRDS ID D007603
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.29389, 40.13383 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position APPROX. 2.5 MI. NW OF GRANITE PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Peak(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 013W 15 NE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Aplite, Pegmatite
    Rock description Aplite, Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Biotite Granite Gneiss
    Rock description Biotite Granite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.29389, 40.13383
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Swarms Of Northeast-Striking Pegmatite Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North-Northeast Striking Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite Peak District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Army

Comments on the workings information

  • A STEEP INCLINE, BEARING NORTH-NORTHEAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, W.J., 1980, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MENLO PARK, CALIFORNI

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III 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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