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Unidentified Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088970
MRDS ID RE00140
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85779, 40.19965 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 400 TO 1000 FT EAST OF ELEVATION 6775

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 018W 22 NW OF SE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N70W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE MINERALS WERE IDENTIFIED ON THE DUMP OF THE DECLINE. IGNEOUS BODY PRESENT IS THE JURASSIC GOLD HILL STOCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0HA
    Length 7.62M
    Overall length 2.44M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT LONG, N65W TRENDING DECLINE (AT 20 DEGREES), A 36 FT DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT, AND TWO ASSOCIATED PITS WITHIN 200 FT OF THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 25 FT DECLINE IN LIMESTONE EAST OF A N-S, 35W QUARTZ MONZONITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT. THE SHAFT IS IN A 6-8 FT WIDE, N80W VERTICALLY DIPPING, IRON OXIDE RICH SILICIFIED ZONE. PITS WITHIN 200 FT OF THE SHAFT AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF IT ARE ON THE SAME ZONE.8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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