| Deposit ID | 10088758 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058460 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dry Canyon Mouth Prospects |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.28774, 40.37661 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2067 |
| Relative position | 9,150 FT S 32 W OF COMMADORE PASS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stockton(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)
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 | 005S | 004W | 22 | NW OF NW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Clay | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Madison Limestone |
| Rock description | Madison Limestone |
| (1) | -112.28774, 40.37661 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | 1.5 Mi. Sw Of Crest Of Ophir Anticline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northeast Of Lakes Of Killarney Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Ophir District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.006HA |
| Length | 408.43M |
| Overall length | 19.81M |
| Overall width | 3.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058460 |
BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. III, P. 362-382.
BISSELL, H.J., (ED.), 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MTNS. AND FIVE MILE PASS-NORTHERN BOULTER MOUNTAIN AREA: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 14, 262 P.
BISHOP, C.E., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EAST WORKING FOLLOWS IRON-STAINED, GOUGE-FILLED FAULT N 15 W 49 W, GOUGE 2-6 INCHES THICK; CENTRAL WORKING IS A CUT IN A RED CLAYSTONE BED 15 FT. THICK N 2 W 41 W; NORTHWEST WORKING EXPLORES CALCITE VEINS ALONG FAULT N 25 W 69 NE; SOUTHWEST WORKING EXPLORES LIMONITE, HEMATITE AND CALCITE ALONG BEDDING N 4 W 37 SW |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1982 | Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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