| Deposit ID | 10012033 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007360 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oro Del Rey Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Card Workings, Hickock, Thompson & Lehmer Adits |
| Related records | 10129781 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.83751, 39.92299 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2621 |
| Relative position | 2 1/2 MILES WNW FROM ROCK SPRINGS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goshute Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(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 |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 018W | 26 | E2 OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes |
| Rock description | Ibapah Stock;Rhyolite Dikes |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite (Host);Goshute Canyon Formation;Abercrombie Formation |
| Rock description | Pioche Shale;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite (Host);Goshute Canyon Formation;Abercrombie Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| (1) | -113.83751, 39.92299 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Tilted Fault Block That Dips 20-45 Deg. W. And Faults That Trend N-Nw & W-Nw |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 2438.4M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 121.92M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1933 |
| Discoverer | Tripp Family |
| Year of first production | 1934 |
| District name | Willow Springs District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tripp, Alma |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kibbee (V.P. 1st Security Bank) |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 365.76M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007360 |
THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE-JUAB COUNTIES, UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99
BICK, R.F., 1958, STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEP CREEK MTNS, UT: AAPG BULL. V. 43, P. 1064-1069
BICK, R.F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE DEEP CREEK QUAD, WESTERN, UT: NEW HAVEN, CONN., UNIV., UNPUBL. PH.D. DISSERTATION.
BICK, R.F., 1966, GEOL. OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., UT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 77, 120 P.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1979, REPORT ON THE DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS AREA (WSA): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.
PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY, SS NO. 22.
1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111
1966 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY BULL. 77
1977 RECON UT. GEOL. & M. SURVEY RI #117
1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB.
THOMPSON, 1970, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 99
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN AN 8,000 FT. FRACTURE SYS. THAT IS ERRATIC & SPLITS BOTH HORIZ. AND VERTICALLY. ORE WAS LIFTED BY 3 AERIAL TRAMS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management |
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