Wilfong Claim Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094839
MRDS ID DC15163
Record type Site
Current site name Wilfong Claim Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82501, 40.16993 (WGS84)
Elevation 1588
Relative position APPROX. 2200 FT. NE OF THE CENTER OF GOLD HILL VILLAGE.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 018W 36 SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Grossularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result .07 TO .08 PERCENT WO3: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1943, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ochre Mountain Limestone
    Rock description Ochre Mountain Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82501, 40.16993

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Monzonite-Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Mr. Wilfong

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Wilfong

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A N7E-TRENDING, 25 FT. LONG ADIT, A 12 FT. DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT AND A SMALL PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNGESTEN-MOLYBDENUM MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH EAST-WEST AND NORTHWEST-STRIKING SKARN ZONES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.