Bald Knoll Prospect

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087680
MRDS ID D008592
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Knoll Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15552, 40.398 (WGS84)
Elevation 2143
Relative position 15,600 FT S 51 E FROM LOWE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 003W 10 NE OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wquirrh Formation
    Rock description Wquirrh Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15552, 40.398

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED; SHALES ARE PULVERIZED AND FRACTURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.