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Brown Rock Prospects

Prospect in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155337
MRDS ID DC15188
MAS/MILS ID 0490450094
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Rock Prospects
Alternate or previous names Gold Hill Barite-Limonite Prospec
Related records 10021201

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.85695, 40.12663 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008 S 018 W 15 NWSESE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.85695, 40.12663
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 30E
    Thickness 30M
    Length 60M
    Width 9M
    Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N40W:30E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name Clifton District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Meyers, Floyd
    Interest 100
    Home office Ibapah, Utah 84034
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K C, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1970, UTAH GEOL AND MIN

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL 88, P 75.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TONNAGE ESTIMATED BY K C BULLOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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