| Deposit ID | 10020036 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12215 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chloride Point Mine |
| Related records | 10252284 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.2408, 40.35411 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2499 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1000 FT. S80E OF SILVEROPOLIS HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mercur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 005S | 004W | 25 | SE OF NE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Orpiment | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Realgar | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone | ||
| Rock description | Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Mbr. Of The Great Blue Limestone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -112.2408, 40.35411 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures (N-S And N40e), Folds And Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N25W |
| Dip | 25E TO 30E. |
| Thickness | 10.67M |
| Length | 100.58M |
| Width | 405.38M |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 25E TO 30E. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 25E TO 30E. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 25E TO 30E. |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| District name | Mercur |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | F And S Co., Inc. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12215 |
BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.
GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.
BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.
GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 140
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE BODIES LIE ALONG THE INTERSECTION OF N-S AND N40E FISSURES AND JUST BELOW OR IN THE LOWER PART OF THE JASPEROID BODIES. THE ORE ZONES ARE CONFINED TO SHALLOW DEPTHS. MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED IN ALTERED WALLROCKS |
| Deposit | THE ORE IS SOFT AND PULVERIZED, LIGHT YELLOWISH OR GREYISH IN COLOUR. MINERALIZATION IS COEXTENSIVE WITH WIDESPREAD SILICIFICATION. THE ORE MINERALS LIE WITHIN OR BENEATH JASPEROID MASSES WHICH ROUGHLY PARALLEL THE BEDDING AND FOLLOW THE FISSURES, WHICH GOVERNED THE LOCALIZATION OF ORE TO A GREAT EXTENT. TWO FISSURES ABOUT 20 FT. APART CAN BE FOLLOWED FOR OVER 600 FT. NORTH FROM THE PORTAL, AND VERY RICH ORE IS FOUND ALONG THEM. ANOTHER FISSURE ABOUT 250 WEST OF THESE CAN BE FOLLOWED ALONG ITS STRIKE, ABOUT N10E, FOR OVER 600 FT., CROSSCUTS ABOUT 350 FT. NORTHWEST OF THE GLADSTONE SHAFT INTERSECTED THE GLADSTONE FISSURE, WHICH STRIKES N40E AND DIPS 80 NW. AN INCLINE 175 FT. NORTH OF THE GLADSTONE SHAFT FOLLOWS ONE OF THE INTERMEDIATE FISSURES DOWN TO THE NORTH AND CONNECTS WITH THE WORKINGS AT THE BUFFALO MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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