Silveropolis Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087668
MRDS ID D008518
Record type Site
Current site name Silveropolis Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24747, 40.35605 (WGS84)
Elevation 2542
Relative position ABOUT 1,700 FT. S13 E FROM LION HILL

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 25 NE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24747, 40.35605

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Folds And Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED. LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY, CHERTY, DOLOMITIZED AND SILICIFIED. SHALES ARE GREENISH TO GRAY, PULVERIZED, KAOLIMITIC, CALCAREOUS, SILICEOUS, SERICITIC AND CARBONACEOUS. WALLROCKS SHOW LIMONITIC STAINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mercur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J.,ET. AL.,1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY,J.,1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S.,ET.AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSTIS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.

  • Deposit

    SPURR,J.E.,1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2,454P.

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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