Iron Claim Prospects

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10012630
MRDS ID D008358
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Claim Prospects
Alternate or previous names Iron Claim Patented of the Evans Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85668, 40.23354 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 480 FT. N 43W OF DUTCH PEAK

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 007S 018W E2 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IN ROYAL GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Jarosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85668, 40.23354

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Bange
Type of structure Local
Structure description Intersecting Northeast And Northwest Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30W
    Dip 60SW
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes And Shear Zones Subparallel To Beddng Planes.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALL OF THE MINERALS LISTED, EXCEPT FOR THE JAROSITE IN THE SHORT ADIT, WERE IDENTIFIED ON THE DUMP OF THE SHAFT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Johnson
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 30FT. DEEP INCLINED (70 DEGREES) SHAFT AND A 25 FT LONG, INCLINED (26 DEGREES) ADIT APPROX. 300 FT S35W OF THE SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • ERRONEOUS UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM NOTICES OF LOCATION ARE POSTED IN THE AREA OF THIS PATENTED (AS OF JULY, 1980) MINING CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE 30 FT SHAFT IS ON A 3 FT WIDE, N30W, 60SW BEDDING REPLACEMENT ZONE. THERE HAS BEEN SOME SHEARING ALONG THE BEDDING PLANE. A 25 FT ADIT APPROX. 300 FT S35W OF THE SHAFT CROSSCUTS JAROSITE VEINLETS ALONG FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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