| Deposit ID | 10094839 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15163 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wilfong Claim Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.82501, 40.16993 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1588 |
| Relative position | APPROX. 2200 FT. NE OF THE CENTER OF GOLD HILL VILLAGE. |
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)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007S | 018W | 36 | SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Powellite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Grossularite | Gangue |
| Result | .07 TO .08 PERCENT WO3: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1943, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.16 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| Rock description | Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| (1) | -113.82501, 40.16993 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1939 |
| Discoverer | Mr. Wilfong |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mr. Wilfong |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15163 |
SRC.REF: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1943, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.16
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, 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 MINES, 1943, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.16
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
1943 RECON USBM-MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.16
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TUNGESTEN-MOLYBDENUM MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH EAST-WEST AND NORTHWEST-STRIKING SKARN ZONES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1990 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.