| Deposit ID | 10087668 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008518 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silveropolis Hill Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.24747, 40.35605 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2542 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1,700 FT. S13 E FROM LION HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mercur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 005S | 004W | 25 | NE OF NW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Aurichalcite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Orpiment | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Realgar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Bird'S Eye Porphyry | ||||||
| Rock description | Bird'S Eye Porphyry | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Formation |
| Rock description | Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Mbr. Of The Great Blue Formation |
| (1) | -112.24747, 40.35605 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures, Folds And Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mercur District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008518 |
BISSELL, H.J.,ET. AL.,1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.
GILLULY,J.,1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.
BUTLER,B.S.,ET.AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSTIS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
SPURR,J.E.,1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2,454P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES TRENDING IN N-S AND N40E DIRECTIONS. THE ORE IS YELLOWISH OR GREYISH, SOFT AND PULVERIZED |
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT IS SITUATED IN THE LOWER PART OF THE GREAT BLUE LIMESTONE, BELOW THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MEMBER. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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