Frankie West Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012646
MRDS ID D008409
Record type Site
Current site name Frankie West Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82917, 40.14021 (WGS84)
Elevation 1855
Relative position 3,850 FT N50W OF LUCKY DAY KNOB.

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

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018W 12 NE OF SW SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • JAROSITE, MALACHITE, COPPER PITCH, CHRYSOCOLLA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ochre Mtn. Limestone
    Rock description Ochre Mtn. Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82917, 40.14021

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike THRUST FAULT?
    Dip HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

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 Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CIRCULAR DEEP PITS IN JASPEROID WITH 5 OTHER CUTS AND PITS. ONE SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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.