| Deposit ID | 10021185 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15169 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | New Baltimore Mine |
| Related records | 10203445 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.79945, 40.13576 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1682 |
| Relative position | 5400 FT N82E 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 | 18 | SW OF NE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Cerussite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Mimetite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | 22 TONS CONTAINED 0.02 OUNCE AU, 53 OUNCES SILVER AND 47 PERCENT LEAD. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Gold Hill Stock |
| Rock description | Gold Hill Stock |
| (1) | Granitic rocks (140 my) in House Range and near Wendover |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N85W |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Length | 137.16M |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 60.96M |
| Overall length | 137.16M |
| Overall width | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15169 |
SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT; USGS P.P. 177
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
DOELLING, H.H., AND H.M. MESSENGER III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 149
NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE SHOOTS IN 10 FT ZONE RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO A FOOT IN THICKNESS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1995 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.