| Deposit ID | 10012639 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008387 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Spring Hill Lode Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.8439, 40.14493 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1774 |
| Relative position | IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE SPRING IN THE SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 11, T8S, R18W. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 018W | 11 | SW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| Rock unit name | Manning Canyon Formation | ||
| Rock description | Manning Canyon Formation | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -113.8439, 40.14493 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northwest-Striking Fault; The Same Fault That Is Barite-Mineralized At Ochre Springs. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sharon Steel Corp. |
| Home office | Miami, Fl. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 4.57M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008387 |
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1980, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 6851, STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROS. PAPER 177, P1.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ONLY SURFACE INDICATION OF MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF SCATTERED BARITE ON THE DUMPS OF SOME DESTROYED WORKINGS AT THE SPRING. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Bureau of Land Management |
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