Unidentified Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012638
MRDS ID D008384
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.87085, 40.1616 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 7600 FT N 43 W OF OCHRE SPRINGS

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 008S 018W 03,04 SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IN A RIDGE-SADDLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.87085, 40.1616

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ochre Mountain Thrust, Northwest Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Ochre Mtn. Thrust And Probable Northwest-Striking Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H. M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T. B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T. B., PROF. PAPER 177, P1.2

  • Deposit

    1981 RECON UGMS, OPEN FILE REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS BRECCIA FRAGMENTS, VOID-FILLINGS, AND VEINLETS IN AN IRON OXIDE AND SILICA-CEMENTED BRECCIATED INTERSECTION OF THE OCHRE MTN. THRUST AND PROBABLE NORTHWEST-STRIKING FAULTS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.