Stockings Fork Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098066
MRDS ID DC12142
Record type Site
Current site name Stockings Fork Mine
Alternate or previous names Tooele Kelsey

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1383, 40.47994 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987
Relative position 7600 FT. N21W OF BRECCIA KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 003W 12 SW OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Silicification And Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1383, 40.47994

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Folds And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED; VEINS OF CALCITE AND QUARTZ ARE COMMON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.089HA
    Overall length 51.82M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • VARIOUS SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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