| Deposit ID | 10088993 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00223 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Valley Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.60164, 40.07633 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1981 |
| Relative position | 10700 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 | 8S | 7W | 35 | NE OF NE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Thallium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Parapierrotite | Unknown |
| 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 | N-S Striking Faults That Terminate To The South Against A Prominent N-W Striking Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | STEEP |
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEP |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1987 |
| Discoverer | Robert And Terry Steele, Nephi, Utah |
| District name | Columbia District |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Steele, Robert And Terry |
| Home office | Nephi, Ut |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00223 |
MOORE, W.J., AND SORENSON, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TOOELE 1 DEGREE BY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, UTAH: USGS MISC. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1132, SCALE 1:250000
COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 63, 201 P.
EDENHARTER, A., AND PETERS, T., 1979, HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF SULFOSALTS CONTAINING TL:Z. KRISTALLOGR., VOL. 150, NO. 1-4, P. 169-180.
A SAMPLE CONTAINING PARAPIERROTITE WAS COLLECTED BY THE UGMS AND CONTAINED: 5 PPB AU, >5000 PPB HG, <20 PPM BA, 21 PPM CU, 255 PPM PB, 186 PPM ZN, 8 PPM MO, <0.5 PPM AG, <1 PPM CO, 13 PPM NI, 166 PPM CR, 286 PPM MN, < 10 PPM W, < 5 PPM SE, < 2 PPM BI, 210 PPM HS, > 2000 PPM SB, > 100 PPM TL
| 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 PARAPIERROTIE OCCURS AT THIS LOCALITY. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS BY STEVE AXON OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 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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