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Indianapolis Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088982
MRDS ID RE00183
Record type Site
Current site name Indianapolis Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52941, 39.96855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2475
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF THE WEST FORK OF SOUTH PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erickson Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 10S 6W 9 SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result PYRITE CONTAINING AS MUCH AS 30 DOLLARS PER TON, AU REPORTED FROM LOWERMOST WORKINGS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);
    Rock description Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.52941, 39.96855
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Columbia District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ran Rex Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Ekker

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • A NUMBER OF SHORT ADITS, OPEN CUTS AND AN INCLINED (AT 33 DEGREES TO THE SOUTHEAST), 63 FT. DEEP SHAFT. THE SHAFT IS APPROX. 400 FT. NEARLY WEST OF USLM 2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63 P. 118

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1981, MINERAL SURVEY 4936, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

  • Production

    COHENOUR, 1959, P. 118

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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