| Deposit ID | 10094499 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008515 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tickville Gulch Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.02162, 40.41272 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1622 |
| Relative position | 2.25 MILES S 25 E FROM TICKVILLE SPRING IN TICKVILLE GULCH |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 005S | 002W | 02 | NE OF NE OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -112.02162, 40.41272 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures And Fractures |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bingham Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008515 |
BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICTS: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
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.
BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, 672 P.
BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRIC, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 38,410P.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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