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Millard Canyon Group

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012261
MRDS ID D007803
Record type Site
Current site name Millard Canyon Group
Related records 10130080

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.90697, 40.84825 (WGS84)
Elevation 1542
Relative position 5,300 FT. N5E OF TETZLAFF PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tetzlaff 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 001N 018W 09 NE OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.90697, 40.84825
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tetzlaff Peak Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 90 NE
    Width 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault; Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Island District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ FILLED VEINS, BRECCIA ZONES AND THIN IGNEOUS DIKES, PARALLEL FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

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

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