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Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012223
MRDS ID D007718
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82779, 40.93436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 5,300 FT. S82W OF CAMPBELL PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graham Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern 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 002N 017W 07 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Garden City
    Rock description Garden City
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82779, 40.93436
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description West Limb Of The Campbell Peak Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike 73
    Dip 32 NW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Island

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, ABOUT 60 FT. LONG S. 70 DEG. W., 32 DEG. SW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B., 1980, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Deposit

    SCHAEFFER, F.E., 1960, GEOL. OF THE SILVER ISLAND MTS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 15.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B., 1980, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE SHOWS MINOR IRON AND COPPER STAINING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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