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Timpie Canyon Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094498
MRDS ID D008488
Record type Site
Current site name Timpie Canyon Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59442, 40.66687 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position .7 MI. SE OF ELEVATION 5727, IN THE HEAD OF TIMPIE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 002S 007W 02 SW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Tetrahedrite To Malachite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Gardner Dolomite
    Rock description Gardner Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.59442, 40.66687
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deseret Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Broad Canyon Reverse Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N25E
    Dip 84NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N25e, 84nw Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Timpie Canyon (Free Coinage)

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 133.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 30 FT SHAFT AND A 323 FT ADIT WITH A 115 FT LONG, INCLINED (350) WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, :UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY

  • Deposit

    1980 GEOLMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVE

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,:UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

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

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