Tickville Gulch Prospect

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Iron
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 10094499
MRDS ID D008515
Record type Site
Current site name Tickville Gulch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02162, 40.41272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622
Relative position 2.25 MILES S 25 E FROM TICKVILLE SPRING IN TICKVILLE GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tickville Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 002W 02 NE OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Chloritization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Rock unit name Early Tertiary Andesite-Trachyte-Latite Flows
    Rock description Early Tertiary Andesite-Trachyte-Latite Flows

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.02162, 40.41272

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES AND FRACTURES IN ALTERED AND DEFORMED HOSTROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICTS: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO16, UTAH GEOL. SOC., 145P.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, 672 P.

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRIC, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 38,410P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOLCANIC FLOWS OF ANDESITE-TRACHYTE-LATITE REST ON A SURFACE OF MODERATE RELIEF. THIS SURFACE WAS COMPOSED MOSTLY OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN GROUPS. ANDESITES ARE THE EARLIEST FLOWS, FOLLOWED UP BY TRACHYTE AND LATITE FLOWS. THE ROKS ARE GENERALLY LIGHT GREY IN COLOR WITH OCCASSIONAL FLOW STRUCTURES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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