| Deposit ID | 10098083 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15167 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Climax Mine |
| Related records | 10203352 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.78973, 40.13549 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1623 |
| Relative position | 8000 FT N83E OF LUCKY DAY KNOB |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 017W | 17 | SW OF NE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bertrandite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | 1965: 0.30-1.56 PERCENT BEO |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Gold Hill Stock |
| Rock description | Gold Hill Stock |
| (1) | -113.78973, 40.13549 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N82W |
| Dip | 89S |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Julian Simpson |
| Home office | Hawaii |
| Year | 1935 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE AG PB | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^29 Oz/Ton Ag | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 76.2M |
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15167 |
SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, P. 147; GRIFFITS, 1965
NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEO. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 83
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
1935 RECON NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 147
1965 RECON ECON GEOL. V. 60, P. 1298-1305
1970 RECON UNIV. OF UTAH,-UGMS BULL 83
NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH,: USGS PP. 177, P. 147
MESSENGER, H.M., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1977 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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