Hastings No. 2 and No. 3

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087534
MRDS ID D007729
Record type Site
Current site name Hastings No. 2 and No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.79446, 40.93575 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 3,600 FT. EAST OF CAMPBELL PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graham Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern 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 002N 017W 04,09 E2 OF SE OF SW OF (04); NE OF NW (04) Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hematization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Lamprophyres
    Rock description Lamprophyres
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Simonsen
    Rock description Simonsen

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.79446, 40.93575

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Campbell Peak Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.13M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones - Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Island District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hal D. Bills

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 146.3M
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OPEN CUT, TWO INCLINE SHAFTS, AND THREE ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    SCHAEFFER, F.E., 1960, GEOL. OF THE SILVER ISLAND MTS.: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSN. GUIDEBOOK 15

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H.M., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT A - 5 FT. BRECCIA ZONE N 10 E: 75 SE ADIT B 4 FT. BRECCIA ZONE N 14 E VERTICAL, ADIT C - FOLLOWS IRON STAINED LAMPROPHYRE DIKE N 40 E: 55 NW, SHAFT D - INCLINE FOLLOWS BRECCIA ZONE N 22 E 48 NW SHAFT E - INCLINE FOLLOWS LAMPROPHYRE N 30 E 70 SE. ADIT F - FOLLOWS BRECCIA ZONE N 52 W 70 SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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