| Deposit ID | 10088439 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12270 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver and Gold Mining Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.79917, 40.17465 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | 5900 FT N20E OF GOLD HILL SUMMIT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007S | 017W | 31 | NW OF SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Iron | Ore |
| Lead | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | IN 1927 ASSAYS AVERAGED $10 IN GOLD AND 302/TON OF SILVER |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Oquirrb Formation |
| Rock description | Oquirrb Formation |
| (1) | -113.79917, 40.17465 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults Of Small Displacement |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N84W |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12270 |
SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PP. 177, P. 143
DOELLING, H.H., AND H.M. MESSENGER III., 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
1935 RECON NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 143
MESSENGER, H.M III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OTHER FISSURES TREND N70W (VERTICAL) AND IN ANOTHER DIPS 55-65 DEGREES W (TREND UNKNOWN) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1985 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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