| Deposit ID | 10098476 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M057525 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tuolumne Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.85029, 40.19632 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1859 |
| Relative position | 3300 FT. S62E OF WOODMAN PEAK |
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 | 007S | 018W | 23 | SW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| 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) | -113.85029, 40.19632 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Pool Canyon Fault |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 3.05M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M057525 |
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 27
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 27
| 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. |
| 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 |
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