| Deposit ID | 10012640 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008388 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ochre Springs Prospects |
| Alternate or previous names | Asarco |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.85224, 40.14632 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1780 |
| Relative position | IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF OCHRE SPRINGS |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 018W | 10,11 | SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| Rock description | Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| (1) | -113.85224, 40.14632 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ochre Mtn. Thrust, Window In Ochre Mtn. Thrust-Plate, Northwest-Striking Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008388 |
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.G. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WATER FROM OCHRE SPRINGS HAS BEEN USED AT THE ADJACENT (ON THE EAST) GLENDALE MILL. THE SPRINGS ARE ALSO AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF WATER FOR THE VILLAGE RESIDENTS OF GOLD HILL. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF BARITE VEINS AND VOID-FILLINGS IN A PROMINENT NORTHWEST-STRIKING FAULT ZONE MARKED BY BOLDLY OUTCROPPING JASPEROID. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Bureau of Land Management |
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