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Unknown Prospect

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012264
MRDS ID D007806
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92225, 40.84159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1628
Relative position 4,400 FT. N52W 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 08 NE OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Guilmette Limestone
    Rock description Guilmette Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92225, 40.84159
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tetzlaff Peak Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR AND IRREGULAR
    Strike N 53 W
    Dip 45 SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone In Quartzite Bed

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHAEFFER, F.E., 1980, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MTS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 15.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SEPARATE SMALL MINERALIZATIONS

Reporter information

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

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