| Deposit ID | 10088973 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00150 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Valley Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.60275, 40.07633 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1981 |
| Relative position | 10,700 FEET N38W FROM RED PINE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lookout Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rush Valley(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
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 007W | 35 | NE OF NE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Thallium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Parapierrotite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A SAMPLE CONTAINING PARAPIERROTITE WAS COLLECTED BY THE UGMS AND CONTAINED: 5 PPB AU, OVER 5000 PPB HG, LESS THAN 20 PPM BA, 21 PPM CU, 255 PPM PB, 186 PPM ZN, 8 PPM MO, LESS THAN 0.5 PPM AG, LESS THAN 1 PPM CO, 13 PPM NI, 166 PPM CR, 286 PPM MN, LESS THAN 10 PPM W, LESS THAN 5 PPM SE, LESS THAN 2 PPM BI, 210 PPM AS, OVER 2000 PPM SB, OVER 100 PPM TL |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Opex; | ||
| Rock description | Opex; | ||
| |||
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Fold And Thrust Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | North-South Striking Faults That Terminate To The South Against A Prominent Northwest-Striking Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH-SOUTH |
| Dip | STEEP |
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1987 |
| Discoverer | Robert And Terry Steele, Nephi, Utah |
| District name | Sheeprock Mountains Area |
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| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Steele, Robert And Terry |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Steele, Robert And Terry |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00150 |
MOORE, W.J., AND SORENSEN, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TOOELE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1132, SCALE 1:250,000.
COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 63, 201P.
EDENHARTER, A., AND PETERS, T., 1979, HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF SULFOSALTS CONTAINING TL: Z. KRISTALLOGR., VOL. 150, NO. 1-4, PP. 169-180.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SULFIDE-BEARING JASPEROID. JASPEROID FORMED BY REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO NORTH STRIKING FAULTS AND FRACTURE ZONES. POD-LIKE DISTRIBUTION OF JASPEROID OVER A 1 MILE STRIKE LENGTH. |
| Deposit | THE RARE MINERAL PARAPIERROTITE OCCURS AT THIS LOCALITY. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS BY STEVE AXON OF THE USBM, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. PARAPIERROTITE IS A THALLIUM-ANTIMONY SULFOSALT (TLSB5S8). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1987 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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