| Deposit ID | 10094494 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008382 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Imperial Deposit Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.83891, 40.17021 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1649 |
| Relative position | 2700 FT N58W OF THE CENTER OF GOLD HILL |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007S | 018W | 35 | SE4 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Jarosite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite; Aplite Dikes | ||||
| Rock description | Quartz Monzonite; Aplite Dikes | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -113.83891, 40.17021 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1888 |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008382 |
MESSENGER, H. M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
NOLAN, T. B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177.
U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1980, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 4388: STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T. B., PROF. PAPER 177, P1.
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Bureau of Land Management |
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