Tuolumne Claim

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098476
MRDS ID M057525
Record type Site
Current site name Tuolumne Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85029, 40.19632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 3300 FT. S62E OF WOODMAN PEAK

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 018W 23 SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHWEST OF THE TIMM MINE (FRACTION LODE)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • 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) -113.85029, 40.19632

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pool Canyon Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • "A SMALL AMOUNT OF TUNGSTEN ORE WAS MINED BEFORE 1940."

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS, WITH ASSOCIATED PITS AND SHORT ADITS. THE MOST SOUTHERN AND HIGHEST OF THE ADITS TRENDS, S20W, IS 30 FT. LONG, CROSSCUTS A COPPER-MINERALIZED, N70E, 35SE LIMESTONEQUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT, AND INCLUDES A WINZE ON THE CONTACT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 27

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.

  • Production

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COPPER-TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A SMALL LIMESTONE ROOF PENDANT. THE MINERALIZED CONTACT ZONE IN THE PRINCIPAL ADIT IS 2 TO 10 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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