Sunny South Claim Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012650
MRDS ID D008419
Record type Site
Current site name Sunny South Claim Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55803, 40.68187 (WGS84)
Elevation 1862
Relative position 1600 FT N5E OF LUCKY DAY KNOB SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018W 13 NW OF NE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ochre Mountain Limestone;Manning Canyon Shale
    Rock description Ochre Mountain Limestone;Manning Canyon Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.55803, 40.68187

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 10.97M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 10X12X16 FT DEEP AND 20 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEAKLY MINERALIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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