Imperial Deposit Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094494
MRDS ID D008382
Record type Site
Current site name Imperial Deposit Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83891, 40.17021 (WGS84)
Elevation 1649
Relative position 2700 FT N58W OF THE CENTER OF GOLD HILL

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 018W 35 SE4 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Jarosite Ore
Malachite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Recrystall G Ization, Silication Of Ls.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite; Aplite Dikes
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite; Aplite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Aquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation
    Rock description Aquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83891, 40.17021

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone-Qtz. Monzonite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS (15,30FT. DEEP), ADITS, AND SCATTERED PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER-GOLD-MINOR LEAD MINERALIZATION ALONG PRINCIPALLY NORTHWEST-STRIKING CONTACTS WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE FINGERS AND APOPHYSES OF THE GOLD HILL STOCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.