| Deposit ID | 10227930 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490450060 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Western Utah Extension Copper Co. |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.80444, 40.15883 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1754 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.80444, 40.15883 |
|---|
| Strike | N02W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 65W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 214M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 8.1HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 115M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gold Hill District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, Ut |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 427M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490450060 |
USGS PROF. PAPER 177 BY T.B. NOLAN DATED 1935
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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